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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 423789, member: 2844&quot;]I&#039;d love to see it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hobo is a specific American term, the more general translation of gueux is beggars.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, the word gueux has special significance for Dutch people. </p><p>In the 16th century, when noblemen from the Low Countries appealed for more leniency in the taxes imposed by the Spanish king, a courtier said to the king&#039;s representative &quot;ce ne sont que des gueux&quot;, they are only beggars. A short while later the leaders of the noblemen were cordially invited to the court and executed, an incident the Lowlanders regarded as treacherous. It was the start of our war of independence which led to the Dutch Golden Age. The word gueux was converted to an honorary Dutch word for the fiercest independence fighters, geuzen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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