vagabondishadj.
/ˈvaɡəbɒndɪʃ/ 1. Pertaining or appropriate to, characteristic of, a vagabond or vagabonds.
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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 > characterized by
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1805 C. Wilmot Let. 4 Aug. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) ii. 165 His appearance was rather Vagabondish at the first glimpse.
1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris viii. 121 All this has a shew of business, though of a light vagabondish kind.
1868 M. E. Braddon Birds of Prey (new ed.) ii. i There was a vagabondish kind of foppery in his costume.
1884 Harper's Mag. May 871 The vagabondish spirit engendered by their long..journey.
2. Of the nature of a vagabond; somewhat like a vagabond in conduct or life.
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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 > of the nature of
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1854 ‘G. Greenwood’ Haps & Mishaps 105 By far the larger number of those who apply to the traveller for charity are vagabondish in their instincts and indolent in their habits.
1881 Times 5 July 9 This vain and vagabondish mendicant.
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