> "Tramp" here probably means harlot I'm guessing it's actually akin to "hangar queen," an aircraft that's grounded for maintenance to an unusual extent [1].

> "Tramp" here probably means harlot I'm guessing it's actually akin to "hangar queen," an aircraft that's grounded for maintenance to an unusual extent [1]. EDIT: Or, it might be an analog to a tramp steamer, i.e., a merchant ship that goes from port to port to port carrying whatever cargoes the ship's officers can scare up as they go. [2] [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hangar_queen https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hangar_queen [2] http://www.britannica.com/technology/tramp-steamer http://www.britannica.com/technology/tramp-steamer