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  • The tramp's voice was hoarse from disuse, but the words were clear.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • The tramp's earlier festering anger, which had flared up and focused on Jim Turner, had by now burnt away, and all he felt, as he put distance safely behind him, was his normal overwhelming desire to be alone.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • As soon as filmmakers learned about double-exposure, souls started leaving bodies; subconscious fears became flesh; the biggest bad guys were bonked on the head, if only in a poor tramp's fantasies.

    'Inception': To Dream, Perchance to Sleep 2010

  • As soon as filmmakers learned about double-exposure, souls started leaving bodies; subconscious fears became flesh; the biggest bad guys were bonked on the head, if only in a poor tramp's fantasies.

    The Fog of Film 2010

  • He was, after all, something of a guest and despite his tramp's appearance, retained half-forgotten canine manners.

    Politics 101 2010

  • The end of Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights," from the time Virginia Cherrill's once-blind flower girl touches the tramp's hand to the time she realizes -- "You?"

    In movie close-ups, less is definitely more 2008

  • Anyway, although Sienna Miller would obviously lick a tramp's forehead if she thought someone would take a picture of it, in reality she hates having her picture taken, especially when she's leaving a nightclub and the paparazzi is following her around.

    We Went Wrong Again, Didn’t We? 2008

  • The end of Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights," from the time Virginia Cherrill's once-blind flower girl touches the tramp's hand to the time she realizes -- "You?"

    A Moving Stillness 2008

  • Ian took the bottle from him, opened the tramp's trousers and poured it down the front of them.

    Both Sides of the Fence -A Life Under Cover Corbet, David 2002

  • The tramp's voice was hoarse from disuse, but the words were clear.

    Field Of Thirteen Francis, Dick 1998

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