vagabondadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈvaɡəbɒnd/, U.S.

/ˈvæɡəˌbɑnd/

Forms: Middle English–1500s vagabound(e, vagabunde, Middle English–1500s, 1700s vagabund, Middle English–1600s vagabonde, 1600s– vagabond; 1500s Scottish wagabund, wagabond; 1600s, 1800s dialect, vagabone, 1800s dialect vagabon.

Etymology: < Old French vagabond (14th cent.) or < Latin vagābundus , < vagārī to wander. Compare modern French vagabond , Italian vagabondo , Spanish vagabundo , vagamundo , Portuguese vagabundo , vagamundo ; also German vagabund , -bond , Swedish vagabond , Dutch vagebond . As a noun the form finally takes the place of the earlier vacabond n.

A. adj.

1. Of persons, etc.: Roaming or wandering from place to place without settled habitation or home; leading a wandering life; nomadic.

a. In predicative use.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering

wanderingc1000

erringa1340

waggeringa1382

vagant1382

vagabond1426

erroneousa1464

fugitive1481

wavering1487

vagrantc1522

gadding1545

roaming1566

roving1576

straggling1589

rambling?1609

wagand1614

wheelinga1616

gadling1616

vagring1619

erratical1620

vaguing1627

erratic1656

planetical1656

waif1724

vagrarious1795

stravaiging1825

vagarious1882

pirooting1958

1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 16842 O thow blyssed Lady, hyde hem that flen vnto the for helpe, and they that be vagabonde, dyscoure hem nat.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. xii. 71 Mony of þir pepill vagabound and ouresett with pouerte tuke wagis of þe sabynis.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 322 He staw away..and ȝeid wagabund dissagyssit ane lang quhill.

1838 J. L. Stephens Incidents Trav. Greece, Turkey, Russia 96/1 Dispersed and vagabond, exiled from their native soil and air, they wander over the face of the earth.

figurative.c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 256 My look, myn eyen, unswre and vagabounde.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 16 To Heav'n thir prayers Flew up, nor missd the way, by envious windes Blow'n vagabond or frustrate.

b. In attributive use (occasionally hyphenated).

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1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. ix. f. 41 Owre men suppose them to bee a vagabunde and wanderinge nacion lyke vnto the Scythians.

1602 Ld. Mountjoy Let. in F. Moryson Itinerary (1617) ii. 233 How, as a Vagabond Woodkerne hee may preserve his life,..I know not.

1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes iii. 31 I have for my brother and Soveraign, the Prince of Greece, whom but even now I beheld to be a vagabond Girle.

1691 A. Gavin Observ. Journy to Naples 226 They become soon weary of it, and then turn Vagabond-Hermits.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 181 A vagabond Debtor may be cited in whatever Place or Jurisdiction he is found.

1785 W. Cowper Task i. 559 A vagabond and useless tribe there eat Their miserable meal.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xv. 303 These ballads which vagabond minstrels sing to drunken churls.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. i. 22 We are a vagabond nation now.

in extended use.a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. iv. 45 This common bodie, Like to a Vagabond Flagge vpon the Streame, Goes too, and backe. 1638 Bp. J. Wilkins Discov. New World (1707) xii. 98 The Concourse of many little Vagabond Stars, by the union of their Beams.1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 299 Those vagabond bodies, the comets.

†c. spec. Of soldiers or sailors. Obsolete.

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1748 J. Lind Lett. Navy (1757) ii. 85 If they are to be set at liberty, who are accused of perjury, how is a vagabond seaman to be found, when he comes to England?

1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) X. 519 I do not know what measures to take about our vagabond soldiers.

†2. (See quot. c1485 and cf. extravagant adj. 2) Obsolete.

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society > law > [adjective] > various epithets applied to laws

vagabondc1485

strait1503

strict1578

unrelaxable1615

sanguinary1625

standard1660

formal1701

supplementary1714

eludible1735

organic1831

antinomic1849

loopy1856

antinomical1877

contravenable1880

violable1885

nexal1886

entrenched1920

hard1935

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 243 Ȝit is thare othir lawis callit lawis extravaganis, that is for to say, lawis vagaboundis, yat ar nocht jncorperit, jn othir bukis of lawis of lombardy.

3. Inclined to stray or gad about without proper occupation; leading an unsettled, irregular, or disreputable life; good-for-nothing, rascally, worthless.

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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > worthless

forcouthc888

worthless1576

hilding1577

baggage1580

lorel1590

losel1601

ragamuffin1602

loselled1606

loselly1611

offala1626

ragamuffa1626

vagabond1630

good-for-nought1663

good-for-nothing1706

ne'er-do-well1773

ragabash1818

neat1824

scamping1832

scampish1847

wutless1853

trashy1862

ne'er-do-wellish1890

suck-egg1892

never-do-well1933

punk-ass1971

1630 Greene's Frier Bacon sig. C Where be these vagabond [1594 vacabond] knaues, that they attend no better on their Master?

1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) ii. 66 Some idle vagabond Clarks that had procured themselves to be put in Orders.

1741–3 J. Wesley Jrnl. (1749) 9 A clergyman came into the..room, and ask'd aloud, with a tone unusually sharp, ‘Where those vagabond fellows were?’

1777 W. Dalrymple Trav. Spain & Portugal civ A most vagabond crew!

1836 W. Irving Astoria II. 123 He took a ceremonious leave of the Crow chieftain, and his vagabond warriors.

c1870 B. Harte Coyotte in Poems (1886) 16 Lop-eared and large-jointed, but ever alway A thoroughly vagabond outcast in gray.

4. Of or pertaining to, characteristic or distinctive of, a homeless wanderer.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a vagabond or tramp

vagrant1461

loiteringa1533

way-walkinga1535

roguing1566

roguish1572

vagabondical1576

vagabond1585

vagabondinga1586

land-loping1587

vagrom1600

leap-land1614

vagabondial1615

vaguea1627

gangrel1650

vagabondious1661

going1737

gang-there-out1815

tramping1828

vagabondizing1830

pikey1838

beachcombing1845

runagate1877

going-about1886

bummy1890

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. xviii. 104 By suche vagabounde beggerie, they make..beleeue, that they canne foresay and deuine.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. iii. 93 Let them pronounce the steepe Tarpeian death, Vagabond exile,..I would not buy Their mercie.

1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie i. 40 Voyages by Sea and Land,..and a vagabond life.

1698 J. Crowne Caligula iv. 37 Rase from thy memory my sinfull hours, And all my little vagabond amours.

1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil i. vi. 81 Satan being thus confin'd to a vagabond, wandring, unsettl'd Condition.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 27 They have the true vagabond abhorrence of all useful..employments.

1841 G. Borrow Zincali I. i. i. 7 Abandoning his vagabond propensities and becoming stationary.

1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands Introd. 13 This book is well-suited for your migratory needs, and vagabond habits.

5. figurative. Roving, straying; not subject to control or restraint.

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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective]

freeeOE

unneedc1175

easyc1200

untiedc1374

unhemmeda1400

largec1400

unrefraineda1500

rampanta1540

unmuzzleda1541

unyoked1573

yokeless1584

licensed1593

unbound1593

wild1599

broad1604

fetterless1604

unconfined1607

ungyved1607

ungaged?1617

unboundeda1625

unfettereda1631

vagabond1635

unmanacled1686

unrestricted1750

haggard-wild1786

unconstrained1796

unshackled1796

chainless1816

rioty1819

untethered1826

unwithholdena1834

bondless1845

fancy-loose1850

constraintless1865

unpressured1879

undammed1896

balls-to-the-wall1967

balls-out1968

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. i. 187 My heart is a vaine heart, a vagabond, and instable heart.

1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) To Parl. sig. A2^v The brood of Belial,..to whom no liberty is pleasing, but unbridl'd and vagabond lust without pale or partition.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 455 The Inconstant has a vagabond Soul, without any settled Place of Abode.

1878 J. Morley Carlyle 195 In that house are many mansions, the boisterous sanctuary of a vagabond polytheism.

B. n.

a. One who has no fixed abode or home, and who wanders about from place to place; spec. one who does this without regular occupation or obvious means of support; an itinerant beggar, idle loafer, or tramp; a vagrant.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp

harlot?c1225

raikera1400

vacabond1404

vagrant1444

gangrela1450

briber?c1475

palliard1484

vagabondc1485

rogue1489

wavenger1493

hermit1495

gaberlunzie1508

knight of the field1508

loiterer1530

straggler1530

runagate1534

ruffler1535

hedge-creeper1548

Abraham man1567

cursitor1567

runner1567

walker1567

tinker1575

traveller1598

Tartar1602

stravagant1606

wagand1614

Circumcellion1623

meechera1625

hedge-bird1631

gaberlunzie man1649

tramp1664

stroller1681

jockey1685

bird of passage1717

randy1724

tramper1760

stalko1804

vagabondager1813

rintherout1814

piker1838

pikey1838

beachcomber1840

roadster1851

vagabondizer1860

roustabout1862

bum1864

migratory1866

potter1867

sundowner1868

vag1868

walkabout1872

transient1877

Murrumbidgee whaler1878

rouster1882

run-the-hedge1882

whaler1883

shaughraun1884

heather-cat1886

hobo1889

tussocker1889

gay cat1893

overlander1898

stake-man1899

stiff1899

bindle-stiff1900

dingbat1902

stew-bum1902

tired Tim (also Timothy)1906

skipper1925

Strandlooper1927

knight of the road1928

hobohemian1936

plain turkey1955

scrub turkey1955

derro1963

jakey1988

crusty1990

α.

c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 653 Now shall all the cursinges of your lawe, Opon yow [i.e. the Jews] fall most myschevose, & be knawen of vagabundes ouer awe.

1496 Ld. Bothwell in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 24 Evere day throw þam þir vagabunds escapis, cummyn to Perkin.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 7 And yeet theese wretched vagabunds hard destenye scourgeth.

β. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 2 Every vagabounde, heremyte, or beggar able to labre, or clerk, pilgryme, or shipman.1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. xii. 69 Gif þai suld pas as vagaboundis and vncertane pepill throw þare howsis.1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 354 The dogge..defend[s] our houses from theeues, vagaboundes, lewde fellowes.1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course v. f. 60^v Some of them hauing bin vagabounds and beggers.1635 Reg. Privy Counc. Scotl. 2nd Ser. VI. 5 Haveing corrupted all the equipage of the ship, who are bot vagabounds.1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i Vagamundear, to play the vagabound, to strole about.γ. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xvii. 5 The iewes..toke vnto them evyll men wich were vagabondes and gadered a company.1575 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1833) I. 120 All wagabondis and idill personis that hes nocht quhairupoun to sustene thame selfis.1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. v. f. 106^v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The third [sort] consisteth of thriftlesse poore, as..the vagabond that will abide no wheres, but runneth vp and downe from place to place (as it were seeking woorke and finding none).1605 London Prodigall v. i For shame, betake you to some honest Trade And liue not thus so like a Vagabond.a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xxx. 94 Such assemblies are..a very randavous of all rogues, and vagabonds.1684 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More Utopia 22 If they do this, they are put in Prison as idle Vagabonds.1736 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 718/1 A Bill..for the more effectual punishing Rogues and Vagabonds.1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. 376 His relations, dishonoured in the public estimation, abandon their home, and become vagabonds.1833 H. Martineau Three Ages iii. 95 Issuing forth as a vagabond to spread the infection of idleness and vice.1849 G. P. R. James Woodman II. iii. 43 We have more vagabonds in the forest than I like.1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl II. iii. i. 8 He was a stroller and a vagabond, so far as social status went, an idle rogue.in extended use.1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iii. iv. 1352 You grandsyre Phœbus with your louely eye, The firmaments eternall vagabond.in combination.1816 J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) i. 16 This corps being composed of the most ragged, bare-legged, sans-culotte vagabond-looking wretches.δ. 1567 T. Harman (title) A caueat..for commen cursetors vulgarely called vagabones.?1602 Narcissus (MS Bodl. Rawl. poet. 212) (1893) 124 Wee ar noe vagabones, wee ar no arrant Rogues that doe runne with plaies about the country. 1842 [see sense B. 2b]. 1901 R. De B. Trotter Galloway Gossip Eighty Years Ago 188 Rogues an vagabons.

b. A nomad. rare.

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the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [noun] > Gipsies or Romanies > person

gyptian1533

Egyptian1538

Bohemian1574

Gypsy1574

tinker1575

Zingani1581

Zingaro1600

moonman1608

faw1756

vagabond1756

Zingara1756

gitano1761

gitanac1770

nomade1798

Roman1800

Romani1800

Tzigane1802

Zigeuner1802

Sinti1827

piker1838

pikey1838

Rom1841

Zincalo1841

Romanichal1843

nomadian1847

Romany chai1851

didicoi1853

Bedouin1863

gyppo1868

gyp1886

1756 T. Nugent tr. C.-L. de S. de Montesquieu Spirit of Laws (1758) II. xx. ii. 3 Hospitality..is found in the most admirable perfection among nations of vagabonds.

1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville III. 108 They claimed..to be thorough mountaineers, and first-rate hunters—the common boast of these vagabonds of the wilderness.

c. vagabond's discoloration, vagabond's disease, vagabond's skin (see quots.).

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > other diseases or conditions

impetigo1398

deadingc1400

St Anthonyc1405

foulness1559

acrochordon1565

foulness1583

heat1597

bleach1601

Anthony's fire1609

desquamation1726

sivvens1762

erythema1778

rupia1813

morula1817

dermalgia1842

mycosis1846

cheloid1854

keloid1854

morule1857

kelis1864

dermatosis1866

epithelioma1872

vagabond's disease1876

vagabond's skin1876

dermatitis1877

erysipeloid1888

Ritter's disease1888

acanthosis nigricans1890

angiokeratoma1891

sunburn1891

porokeratosis1893

acrodermatitis1894

epidermolysis1894

keratolysis1895

dermographism1896

neurodermatitis1896

peau d'orange1896

X-ray dermatitis1897

dermatomyositis1899

papulo-erythema1899

pyodermia1899

tar acne1899

dermographia1900

radiodermatitis1903

poikiloderma1907

neurodermatosis1909

leishmanoid1922

razor burn1924

pyoderma1930

photodermatosis1931

photodermatitis1933

necrobiosis lipoidica1934

pyoderma gangrenosum1936

fassy1943

acrodermatitis enteropathica1945

chicken skin1946

nylon stocking dermatitis1947

Sézary('s) syndrome1953

pigskin1966

washerwoman's skin1981

strimmer rash1984

1876 Greenhow in Trans. Clin. Soc. 9 46 These cases..have received the special name of ‘Vogt's Vagabonden-Krankheit’, which I have rendered into English as ‘Vagabond's Discoloration’; because this discoloration of skin..is..brought on by long-continued exposure, dirty habits and the irritation of vermin.

1890 F. Taylor Man. Pract. Med. (1891) 893 The disease has then been called prurigo senilis, and also vagabond's disease.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 701 The vagabond's disease, or Morbus errorum of Greenhow.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 866 Excoriations, wheals and pustules are produced by scratching which, if long continued, may produce a brown, leather-like condition—the so-called vagabond's skin seen in tramps.

a. A disreputable or worthless person; an idle, good-for-nothing fellow; a rascal or rogue (sometimes without serious implication of bad qualities).

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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > worthless person > [noun]

ribalda1250

brethelingc1275

filec1300

waynouna1350

waster1352

lorel1362

losel1362

land-leaper1377

javelc1400

leftc1400

lorerc1400

shackerellc1420

brethel1440

never-thrift1440

ne'er-thrifta1450

never-thrivinga1450

nebulona1475

breelc1485

naughty pack?1534

brathel1542

unsel155.

pelf1551

wandrel?1567

land-loper1570

scald1575

baggage1594

arrant1605

good-for-nothing1611

hilding1611

vauneant1621

idle-pack1624

thimble-maker1654

never-do-well1664

ne'er-be-good1675

shack1682

vagabond1686

shag-bag1699

houndsfoot1710

blackguard1732

ne'er-do-well1737

trumpery1738

rap1742

good-for-naught1773

rip1781

mauvais sujet1793

scamp1808

waffie1808

loose fish1809

ne'er-do-good1814

hard bargain1818

vaurien1829

sculpin1834

shicer1846

wastrel1847

scallywag1848

shack-bag1855

beat1865

rodney1877

git1939

no-hoper1944

piss artist1962

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worthlessness > good-for-nothing person

brethelingc1275

filec1300

dogc1330

ribald1340

waynouna1350

waster1352

lorel1362

losel1362

land-leaper1377

triflera1382

brothelc1390

javelc1400

leftc1400

lorerc1400

shackerellc1420

brethel1440

never-thrift1440

vagrant1444

ne'er-thrifta1450

never-thrivinga1450

nebulona1475

breelc1485

naughty pack?1534

brathel1542

carrion1547

slim1548

unsel155.

pelf1551

shifterc1562

rag1566

wandrel?1567

land-loper1570

nothing-worth1580

baggage1594

roly-poly1602

bash-rag1603

arrant1605

ragabash?1609

flabergullion1611

hilding1611

hard bargain1612

slubberdegullion1612

vauneant1621

knick-knacker1622

idle-pack1624

slabberdegullion1653

thimble-maker1654

whiffler1659

never-do-well1664

good-for-nought1671

ne'er-be-good1675

shack1682

vagabond1686

shabaroon1699

shag-bag1699

houndsfoot1710

ne'er-do-well1737

trumpery1738

rap1742

hallion1789

scamp1808

waffie1808

ne'er-do-good1814

vaurien1829

sculpin1834

shicer1846

good-for-nothing1847

wastrel1847

scallywag1848

shack-bag1855

beat1865

toe-rag1875

rodney1877

toe-ragger1896

low-lifer1902

punk1904

lowlife1909

ringtail1916

git1939

no-hoper1944

schlub1950

piss artist1962

dead leg1964

1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 178 I spoke in the mildest Terms imaginable: which nothing mov'd this Vagabond.

1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) vi. 50 No young vagabond could be brought to bear its contemplation for a moment.

1887 H. Caine Son of Hagar iii. iii I couldn't be such a vagabond of a husband.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 316 The dishonest, scheming vagabonds!

b. Used as a term of reproof or abuse.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused

warlockOE

swinec1175

beastc1225

wolf's-fista1300

avetrolc1300

congeonc1300

dirtc1300

slimec1315

snipec1325

lurdanc1330

misbegetc1330

sorrowa1350

shrew1362

jordan1377

wirlingc1390

frog?a1400

warianglea1400

wretcha1400

horcop14..

turdc1400

callet1415

lotterela1450

paddock?a1475

souter1478

chuff?a1500

langbain?c1500

cockatrice1508

sow1508

spink1508

wilrone1508

rook?a1513

streaker?a1513

dirt-dauber?1518

marmoset1523

babiona1529

poll-hatcheta1529

bear-wolf1542

misbegotten1546

pig1546

excrement1561

mamzer1562

chuff-cat1563

varlet1566

toada1568

mandrake1568

spider1568

rat1571

bull-beef1573

mole-catcher1573

suppository1573

curtal1578

spider-catcher1579

mongrela1585

roita1585

stickdirta1585

dogfish1589

Poor John1589

dog's facec1590

tar-boxa1592

baboon1592

pot-hunter1592

venom1592

porcupine1594

lick-fingers1595

mouldychaps1595

tripe1595

conundrum1596

fat-guts1598

thornback1599

land-rat1600

midriff1600

stinkardc1600

Tartar1600

tumbril1601

lobster1602

pilcher1602

windfucker?1602

stinker1607

hog rubber1611

shad1612

splay-foot1612

tim1612

whit1612

verdugo1616

renegado1622

fish-facea1625

flea-trapa1625

hound's head1633

mulligrub1633

nightmare1633

toad's-guts1634

bitch-baby1638

shagamuffin1642

shit-breech1648

shitabed1653

snite1653

pissabed1672

bastard1675

swab1687

tar-barrel1695

runt1699

fat-face1740

shit-sack1769

vagabond1842

shick-shack1847

soor1848

b1851

stink-pot1854

molie1871

pig-dog1871

schweinhund1871

wind-sucker1880

fucker1893

cocksucker1894

wart1896

so-and-so1897

swine-hound1899

motherfucker1918

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1842 S. Lover Handy Andy x Mind, on your peril, you old vagabone, don't let them fight that badger without me.

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) iv. 34 You were eaves-dropping at that door, you vagabond!

1884 D. Pae Eustace 66 ‘What are you lying there for, you lazy vagabond?’ roared Randolph.

3. In full vagabond hat, = slouch hat n.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > with a brim > with brim hanging over face

slouch1714

slouched hat1779

slouch hat1837

smasher hat1891

vagabond1927

1927 Daily Express 7 Mar. 3/4 The two greatest millinery successes of modern times, the cloche and the vagabond.

1939 R. Chandler Big Sleep vi. 38 A small slim woman in a vagabond hat.

1952 C. W. Cunnington Eng. Women's Clothing vii. 256 ‘The vagabond’ felt hat, slouched over one eye.

Derivatives

vagabond-like adj.

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1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 301 They were lose people & abiectes..who vacabondlike [1657 vagabondlike] wandred vp & downe the contry.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	vagabond
释义	vagabondadj.n. Brit. /ˈvaɡəbɒnd/, U.S. /ˈvæɡəˌbɑnd/ Forms: Middle English–1500s vagabound(e, vagabunde, Middle English–1500s, 1700s vagabund, Middle English–1600s vagabonde, 1600s– vagabond; 1500s Scottish wagabund, wagabond; 1600s, 1800s dialect, vagabone, 1800s dialect vagabon. Etymology: < Old French vagabond (14th cent.) or < Latin vagābundus , < vagārī to wander. Compare modern French vagabond , Italian vagabondo , Spanish vagabundo , vagamundo , Portuguese vagabundo , vagamundo ; also German vagabund , -bond , Swedish vagabond , Dutch vagebond . As a noun the form finally takes the place of the earlier vacabond n. A. adj. 1. Of persons, etc.: Roaming or wandering from place to place without settled habitation or home; leading a wandering life; nomadic. a. In predicative use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering wanderingc1000 erringa1340 waggeringa1382 vagant1382 vagabond1426 erroneousa1464 fugitive1481 wavering1487 vagrantc1522 gadding1545 roaming1566 roving1576 straggling1589 rambling?1609 wagand1614 wheelinga1616 gadling1616 vagring1619 erratical1620 vaguing1627 erratic1656 planetical1656 waif1724 vagrarious1795 stravaiging1825 vagarious1882 pirooting1958 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 16842 O thow blyssed Lady, hyde hem that flen vnto the for helpe, and they that be vagabonde, dyscoure hem nat. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. xii. 71 Mony of þir pepill vagabound and ouresett with pouerte tuke wagis of þe sabynis. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 322 He staw away..and ȝeid wagabund dissagyssit ane lang quhill. 1838 J. L. Stephens Incidents Trav. Greece, Turkey, Russia 96/1 Dispersed and vagabond, exiled from their native soil and air, they wander over the face of the earth. figurative.c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 256 My look, myn eyen, unswre and vagabounde.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 16 To Heav'n thir prayers Flew up, nor missd the way, by envious windes Blow'n vagabond or frustrate. View more context for this quotation b. In attributive use (occasionally hyphenated). ΚΠ 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. ix. f. 41 Owre men suppose them to bee a vagabunde and wanderinge nacion lyke vnto the Scythians. 1602 Ld. Mountjoy Let. in F. Moryson Itinerary (1617) ii. 233 How, as a Vagabond Woodkerne hee may preserve his life,..I know not. 1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes iii. 31 I have for my brother and Soveraign, the Prince of Greece, whom but even now I beheld to be a vagabond Girle. 1691 A. Gavin Observ. Journy to Naples 226 They become soon weary of it, and then turn Vagabond-Hermits. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 181 A vagabond Debtor may be cited in whatever Place or Jurisdiction he is found. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 559 A vagabond and useless tribe there eat Their miserable meal. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xv. 303 These ballads which vagabond minstrels sing to drunken churls. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. i. 22 We are a vagabond nation now. in extended use.a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. iv. 45 This common bodie, Like to a Vagabond Flagge vpon the Streame, Goes too, and backe. View more context for this quotation1638 Bp. J. Wilkins Discov. New World (1707) xii. 98 The Concourse of many little Vagabond Stars, by the union of their Beams.1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 299 Those vagabond bodies, the comets. †c. spec. Of soldiers or sailors. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1748 J. Lind Lett. Navy (1757) ii. 85 If they are to be set at liberty, who are accused of perjury, how is a vagabond seaman to be found, when he comes to England? 1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) X. 519 I do not know what measures to take about our vagabond soldiers. †2. (See quot. c1485 and cf. extravagant adj. 2) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > [adjective] > various epithets applied to laws vagabondc1485 strait1503 strict1578 unrelaxable1615 sanguinary1625 standard1660 formal1701 supplementary1714 eludible1735 organic1831 antinomic1849 loopy1856 antinomical1877 contravenable1880 violable1885 nexal1886 entrenched1920 hard1935 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 243 Ȝit is thare othir lawis callit lawis extravaganis, that is for to say, lawis vagaboundis, yat ar nocht jncorperit, jn othir bukis of lawis of lombardy. 3. Inclined to stray or gad about without proper occupation; leading an unsettled, irregular, or disreputable life; good-for-nothing, rascally, worthless. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > worthless forcouthc888 worthless1576 hilding1577 baggage1580 lorel1590 losel1601 ragamuffin1602 loselled1606 loselly1611 offala1626 ragamuffa1626 vagabond1630 good-for-nought1663 good-for-nothing1706 ne'er-do-well1773 ragabash1818 neat1824 scamping1832 scampish1847 wutless1853 trashy1862 ne'er-do-wellish1890 suck-egg1892 never-do-well1933 punk-ass1971 1630 Greene's Frier Bacon sig. C Where be these vagabond [1594 vacabond] knaues, that they attend no better on their Master? 1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) ii. 66 Some idle vagabond Clarks that had procured themselves to be put in Orders. 1741–3 J. Wesley Jrnl. (1749) 9 A clergyman came into the..room, and ask'd aloud, with a tone unusually sharp, ‘Where those vagabond fellows were?’ 1777 W. Dalrymple Trav. Spain & Portugal civ A most vagabond crew! 1836 W. Irving Astoria II. 123 He took a ceremonious leave of the Crow chieftain, and his vagabond warriors. c1870 B. Harte Coyotte in Poems (1886) 16 Lop-eared and large-jointed, but ever alway A thoroughly vagabond outcast in gray. 4. Of or pertaining to, characteristic or distinctive of, a homeless wanderer. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a vagabond or tramp vagrant1461 loiteringa1533 way-walkinga1535 roguing1566 roguish1572 vagabondical1576 vagabond1585 vagabondinga1586 land-loping1587 vagrom1600 leap-land1614 vagabondial1615 vaguea1627 gangrel1650 vagabondious1661 going1737 gang-there-out1815 tramping1828 vagabondizing1830 pikey1838 beachcombing1845 runagate1877 going-about1886 bummy1890 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. xviii. 104 By suche vagabounde beggerie, they make..beleeue, that they canne foresay and deuine. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. iii. 93 Let them pronounce the steepe Tarpeian death, Vagabond exile,..I would not buy Their mercie. View more context for this quotation 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie i. 40 Voyages by Sea and Land,..and a vagabond life. 1698 J. Crowne Caligula iv. 37 Rase from thy memory my sinfull hours, And all my little vagabond amours. 1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil i. vi. 81 Satan being thus confin'd to a vagabond, wandring, unsettl'd Condition. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 27 They have the true vagabond abhorrence of all useful..employments. 1841 G. Borrow Zincali I. i. i. 7 Abandoning his vagabond propensities and becoming stationary. 1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands Introd. 13 This book is well-suited for your migratory needs, and vagabond habits. 5. figurative. Roving, straying; not subject to control or restraint. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] freeeOE unneedc1175 easyc1200 untiedc1374 unhemmeda1400 largec1400 unrefraineda1500 rampanta1540 unmuzzleda1541 unyoked1573 yokeless1584 licensed1593 unbound1593 wild1599 broad1604 fetterless1604 unconfined1607 ungyved1607 ungaged?1617 unboundeda1625 unfettereda1631 vagabond1635 unmanacled1686 unrestricted1750 haggard-wild1786 unconstrained1796 unshackled1796 chainless1816 rioty1819 untethered1826 unwithholdena1834 bondless1845 fancy-loose1850 constraintless1865 unpressured1879 undammed1896 balls-to-the-wall1967 balls-out1968 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. i. 187 My heart is a vaine heart, a vagabond, and instable heart. 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) To Parl. sig. A2^v The brood of Belial,..to whom no liberty is pleasing, but unbridl'd and vagabond lust without pale or partition. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 455 The Inconstant has a vagabond Soul, without any settled Place of Abode. 1878 J. Morley Carlyle 195 In that house are many mansions, the boisterous sanctuary of a vagabond polytheism. B. n. 1. a. One who has no fixed abode or home, and who wanders about from place to place; spec. one who does this without regular occupation or obvious means of support; an itinerant beggar, idle loafer, or tramp; a vagrant. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp harlot?c1225 raikera1400 vacabond1404 vagrant1444 gangrela1450 briber?c1475 palliard1484 vagabondc1485 rogue1489 wavenger1493 hermit1495 gaberlunzie1508 knight of the field1508 loiterer1530 straggler1530 runagate1534 ruffler1535 hedge-creeper1548 Abraham man1567 cursitor1567 runner1567 walker1567 tinker1575 traveller1598 Tartar1602 stravagant1606 wagand1614 Circumcellion1623 meechera1625 hedge-bird1631 gaberlunzie man1649 tramp1664 stroller1681 jockey1685 bird of passage1717 randy1724 tramper1760 stalko1804 vagabondager1813 rintherout1814 piker1838 pikey1838 beachcomber1840 roadster1851 vagabondizer1860 roustabout1862 bum1864 migratory1866 potter1867 sundowner1868 vag1868 walkabout1872 transient1877 Murrumbidgee whaler1878 rouster1882 run-the-hedge1882 whaler1883 shaughraun1884 heather-cat1886 hobo1889 tussocker1889 gay cat1893 overlander1898 stake-man1899 stiff1899 bindle-stiff1900 dingbat1902 stew-bum1902 tired Tim (also Timothy)1906 skipper1925 Strandlooper1927 knight of the road1928 hobohemian1936 plain turkey1955 scrub turkey1955 derro1963 jakey1988 crusty1990 α. c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 653 Now shall all the cursinges of your lawe, Opon yow [i.e. the Jews] fall most myschevose, & be knawen of vagabundes ouer awe. 1496 Ld. Bothwell in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 24 Evere day throw þam þir vagabunds escapis, cummyn to Perkin. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 7 And yeet theese wretched vagabunds hard destenye scourgeth. β. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 2 Every vagabounde, heremyte, or beggar able to labre, or clerk, pilgryme, or shipman.1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. xii. 69 Gif þai suld pas as vagaboundis and vncertane pepill throw þare howsis.1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 354 The dogge..defend[s] our houses from theeues, vagaboundes, lewde fellowes.1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course v. f. 60^v Some of them hauing bin vagabounds and beggers.1635 Reg. Privy Counc. Scotl. 2nd Ser. VI. 5 Haveing corrupted all the equipage of the ship, who are bot vagabounds.1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i Vagamundear, to play the vagabound, to strole about.γ. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xvii. 5 The iewes..toke vnto them evyll men wich were vagabondes and gadered a company.1575 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1833) I. 120 All wagabondis and idill personis that hes nocht quhairupoun to sustene thame selfis.1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. v. f. 106^v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The third [sort] consisteth of thriftlesse poore, as..the vagabond that will abide no wheres, but runneth vp and downe from place to place (as it were seeking woorke and finding none).1605 London Prodigall v. i For shame, betake you to some honest Trade And liue not thus so like a Vagabond.a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xxx. 94 Such assemblies are..a very randavous of all rogues, and vagabonds.1684 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More Utopia 22 If they do this, they are put in Prison as idle Vagabonds.1736 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 718/1 A Bill..for the more effectual punishing Rogues and Vagabonds.1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. 376 His relations, dishonoured in the public estimation, abandon their home, and become vagabonds.1833 H. Martineau Three Ages iii. 95 Issuing forth as a vagabond to spread the infection of idleness and vice.1849 G. P. R. James Woodman II. iii. 43 We have more vagabonds in the forest than I like.1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl II. iii. i. 8 He was a stroller and a vagabond, so far as social status went, an idle rogue.in extended use.1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iii. iv. 1352 You grandsyre Phœbus with your louely eye, The firmaments eternall vagabond.in combination.1816 J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) i. 16 This corps being composed of the most ragged, bare-legged, sans-culotte vagabond-looking wretches.δ. 1567 T. Harman (title) A caueat..for commen cursetors vulgarely called vagabones.?1602 Narcissus (MS Bodl. Rawl. poet. 212) (1893) 124 Wee ar noe vagabones, wee ar no arrant Rogues that doe runne with plaies about the country. 1842 [see sense B. 2b]. 1901 R. De B. Trotter Galloway Gossip Eighty Years Ago 188 Rogues an vagabons. b. A nomad. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [noun] > Gipsies or Romanies > person gyptian1533 Egyptian1538 Bohemian1574 Gypsy1574 tinker1575 Zingani1581 Zingaro1600 moonman1608 faw1756 vagabond1756 Zingara1756 gitano1761 gitanac1770 nomade1798 Roman1800 Romani1800 Tzigane1802 Zigeuner1802 Sinti1827 piker1838 pikey1838 Rom1841 Zincalo1841 Romanichal1843 nomadian1847 Romany chai1851 didicoi1853 Bedouin1863 gyppo1868 gyp1886 1756 T. Nugent tr. C.-L. de S. de Montesquieu Spirit of Laws (1758) II. xx. ii. 3 Hospitality..is found in the most admirable perfection among nations of vagabonds. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville III. 108 They claimed..to be thorough mountaineers, and first-rate hunters—the common boast of these vagabonds of the wilderness. c. vagabond's discoloration, vagabond's disease, vagabond's skin (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > other diseases or conditions impetigo1398 deadingc1400 St Anthonyc1405 foulness1559 acrochordon1565 foulness1583 heat1597 bleach1601 Anthony's fire1609 desquamation1726 sivvens1762 erythema1778 rupia1813 morula1817 dermalgia1842 mycosis1846 cheloid1854 keloid1854 morule1857 kelis1864 dermatosis1866 epithelioma1872 vagabond's disease1876 vagabond's skin1876 dermatitis1877 erysipeloid1888 Ritter's disease1888 acanthosis nigricans1890 angiokeratoma1891 sunburn1891 porokeratosis1893 acrodermatitis1894 epidermolysis1894 keratolysis1895 dermographism1896 neurodermatitis1896 peau d'orange1896 X-ray dermatitis1897 dermatomyositis1899 papulo-erythema1899 pyodermia1899 tar acne1899 dermographia1900 radiodermatitis1903 poikiloderma1907 neurodermatosis1909 leishmanoid1922 razor burn1924 pyoderma1930 photodermatosis1931 photodermatitis1933 necrobiosis lipoidica1934 pyoderma gangrenosum1936 fassy1943 acrodermatitis enteropathica1945 chicken skin1946 nylon stocking dermatitis1947 Sézary('s) syndrome1953 pigskin1966 washerwoman's skin1981 strimmer rash1984 1876 Greenhow in Trans. Clin. Soc. 9 46 These cases..have received the special name of ‘Vogt's Vagabonden-Krankheit’, which I have rendered into English as ‘Vagabond's Discoloration’; because this discoloration of skin..is..brought on by long-continued exposure, dirty habits and the irritation of vermin. 1890 F. Taylor Man. Pract. Med. (1891) 893 The disease has then been called prurigo senilis, and also vagabond's disease. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 701 The vagabond's disease, or Morbus errorum of Greenhow. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 866 Excoriations, wheals and pustules are produced by scratching which, if long continued, may produce a brown, leather-like condition—the so-called vagabond's skin seen in tramps. 2. a. A disreputable or worthless person; an idle, good-for-nothing fellow; a rascal or rogue (sometimes without serious implication of bad qualities). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > worthless person > [noun] ribalda1250 brethelingc1275 filec1300 waynouna1350 waster1352 lorel1362 losel1362 land-leaper1377 javelc1400 leftc1400 lorerc1400 shackerellc1420 brethel1440 never-thrift1440 ne'er-thrifta1450 never-thrivinga1450 nebulona1475 breelc1485 naughty pack?1534 brathel1542 unsel155. pelf1551 wandrel?1567 land-loper1570 scald1575 baggage1594 arrant1605 good-for-nothing1611 hilding1611 vauneant1621 idle-pack1624 thimble-maker1654 never-do-well1664 ne'er-be-good1675 shack1682 vagabond1686 shag-bag1699 houndsfoot1710 blackguard1732 ne'er-do-well1737 trumpery1738 rap1742 good-for-naught1773 rip1781 mauvais sujet1793 scamp1808 waffie1808 loose fish1809 ne'er-do-good1814 hard bargain1818 vaurien1829 sculpin1834 shicer1846 wastrel1847 scallywag1848 shack-bag1855 beat1865 rodney1877 git1939 no-hoper1944 piss artist1962 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worthlessness > good-for-nothing person brethelingc1275 filec1300 dogc1330 ribald1340 waynouna1350 waster1352 lorel1362 losel1362 land-leaper1377 triflera1382 brothelc1390 javelc1400 leftc1400 lorerc1400 shackerellc1420 brethel1440 never-thrift1440 vagrant1444 ne'er-thrifta1450 never-thrivinga1450 nebulona1475 breelc1485 naughty pack?1534 brathel1542 carrion1547 slim1548 unsel155. pelf1551 shifterc1562 rag1566 wandrel?1567 land-loper1570 nothing-worth1580 baggage1594 roly-poly1602 bash-rag1603 arrant1605 ragabash?1609 flabergullion1611 hilding1611 hard bargain1612 slubberdegullion1612 vauneant1621 knick-knacker1622 idle-pack1624 slabberdegullion1653 thimble-maker1654 whiffler1659 never-do-well1664 good-for-nought1671 ne'er-be-good1675 shack1682 vagabond1686 shabaroon1699 shag-bag1699 houndsfoot1710 ne'er-do-well1737 trumpery1738 rap1742 hallion1789 scamp1808 waffie1808 ne'er-do-good1814 vaurien1829 sculpin1834 shicer1846 good-for-nothing1847 wastrel1847 scallywag1848 shack-bag1855 beat1865 toe-rag1875 rodney1877 toe-ragger1896 low-lifer1902 punk1904 lowlife1909 ringtail1916 git1939 no-hoper1944 schlub1950 piss artist1962 dead leg1964 1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 178 I spoke in the mildest Terms imaginable: which nothing mov'd this Vagabond. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) vi. 50 No young vagabond could be brought to bear its contemplation for a moment. 1887 H. Caine Son of Hagar iii. iii I couldn't be such a vagabond of a husband. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 316 The dishonest, scheming vagabonds! b. Used as a term of reproof or abuse. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused warlockOE swinec1175 beastc1225 wolf's-fista1300 avetrolc1300 congeonc1300 dirtc1300 slimec1315 snipec1325 lurdanc1330 misbegetc1330 sorrowa1350 shrew1362 jordan1377 wirlingc1390 frog?a1400 warianglea1400 wretcha1400 horcop14.. turdc1400 callet1415 lotterela1450 paddock?a1475 souter1478 chuff?a1500 langbain?c1500 cockatrice1508 sow1508 spink1508 wilrone1508 rook?a1513 streaker?a1513 dirt-dauber?1518 marmoset1523 babiona1529 poll-hatcheta1529 bear-wolf1542 misbegotten1546 pig1546 excrement1561 mamzer1562 chuff-cat1563 varlet1566 toada1568 mandrake1568 spider1568 rat1571 bull-beef1573 mole-catcher1573 suppository1573 curtal1578 spider-catcher1579 mongrela1585 roita1585 stickdirta1585 dogfish1589 Poor John1589 dog's facec1590 tar-boxa1592 baboon1592 pot-hunter1592 venom1592 porcupine1594 lick-fingers1595 mouldychaps1595 tripe1595 conundrum1596 fat-guts1598 thornback1599 land-rat1600 midriff1600 stinkardc1600 Tartar1600 tumbril1601 lobster1602 pilcher1602 windfucker?1602 stinker1607 hog rubber1611 shad1612 splay-foot1612 tim1612 whit1612 verdugo1616 renegado1622 fish-facea1625 flea-trapa1625 hound's head1633 mulligrub1633 nightmare1633 toad's-guts1634 bitch-baby1638 shagamuffin1642 shit-breech1648 shitabed1653 snite1653 pissabed1672 bastard1675 swab1687 tar-barrel1695 runt1699 fat-face1740 shit-sack1769 vagabond1842 shick-shack1847 soor1848 b1851 stink-pot1854 molie1871 pig-dog1871 schweinhund1871 wind-sucker1880 fucker1893 cocksucker1894 wart1896 so-and-so1897 swine-hound1899 motherfucker1918 S.O.B.1918 twat1922 mong1926 mucker1929 basket1936 cowson1936 zombie1936 meatball1937 shower1943 chickenshit1945 mugger1945 motherferyer1946 hooer1952 morpion1954 mother1955 mother-raper1959 louser1960 effer1961 salaud1962 gunk1964 scunge1967 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy x Mind, on your peril, you old vagabone, don't let them fight that badger without me. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) iv. 34 You were eaves-dropping at that door, you vagabond! 1884 D. Pae Eustace 66 ‘What are you lying there for, you lazy vagabond?’ roared Randolph. 3. In full vagabond hat, = slouch hat n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > with a brim > with brim hanging over face slouch1714 slouched hat1779 slouch hat1837 smasher hat1891 vagabond1927 1927 Daily Express 7 Mar. 3/4 The two greatest millinery successes of modern times, the cloche and the vagabond. 1939 R. Chandler Big Sleep vi. 38 A small slim woman in a vagabond hat. 1952 C. W. Cunnington Eng. Women's Clothing vii. 256 ‘The vagabond’ felt hat, slouched over one eye. Derivatives vagabond-like adj. ΚΠ 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 301 They were lose people & abiectes..who vacabondlike [1657 vagabondlike] wandred vp & downe the contry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). vagabondv. Brit. /ˈvaɡəbɒnd/, U.S. /ˈvæɡəˌbɑnd/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s vagabund, 1600s vagabound. Etymology: < vagabond n. Compare French vagabonder (1526). intransitive. To roam or wander (about) as or like a vagabond or vagrant; to vagabondize. Also with it. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander > as a vagabond or tramp rogue1570 vagabonda1586 vagabondize1794 tramp1846 hobo1905 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Nn3 In this sorte vagabonding in those vntroden places, they were guided [etc.]. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Rodé That hath roamed, wandered, vagabonded it all the countrey ouer. c1614 W. Mure tr. Virgil Dido & Æneas iii. in Wks. (1898) I. 27 [Dido] vagabounding in ane heavy cace Through fields vnknowne, accompanyed by none. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. li. 195 Vagabonding about from inn to inn. 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth lvi Why is he not in my counting house at Amsterdam, instead of vagabonding it out yonder? 1901 Westm. Gaz. 18 Oct. 2/1 The said son went vagabonding about the world. Derivatives ˈvagabonding n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage loitering1530 vacabuncy1535 vagabondry1547 vagabuncy1549 roguing1577 roguery1594 vagabondinga1628 vagrancy1706 vagrance1751 vagabondizing1755 vagabondage1813 vagabondism1822 vag1859 beachcombing1867 trampism1893 hoboism1930 a1628 F. Greville Cælica xii, in Certaine Wks. (1633) 168 Cupid, thou naughtie Boy, when thou wert loathed, Naked and blind, for Vagabunding noted. 1925 H. L. Foster Trop. Tramp with Tourists 148 In years of vagabonding about the far corners of the earth..I have never seen [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1426v.a1586
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vagabondadj.n.

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