"laptop hobo" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: laptop hobos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} laptop hobo (plural laptop hobos)
  1. (informal) A heavy user of freely available Wi-Fi and/or power outlets at coffee shops. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-laptop_hobo-en-noun-GOoq3vp5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2011 September 30, Stephen Quinn, “Hobo with a laptop”, in Globe and Mail:",
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