Child
Child noun - A young person who is between infancy and adulthood.
Hobo
Hobo noun - A homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living.
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Would Hurt a Child: One of the pawnshop robbers is ready to shoot a baby and one of the hobo-killing townsfolk throws a molotov into a dumpster where a homeless child is living.
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In the original version of the song "Big Rock Candy Mountain," the tale of the enchanted hobo's paradise is being told to a child to recruit him as a partner.
Source: The Cake Is a Lie - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984): Wes Craven named Freddy Krueger after a bully who harassed him and based his appearance on a disfigured hobo who scared him as a child.
Source: Author Phobia
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