vagabondizev.
/ˈvaɡəbɒndʌɪz/ intransitive. To live, wander, or go about as, or in the manner of, a vagabond; to roam or travel in a free, idle, unconstrained, or unconventional manner; to play the vagabond.figurative.1864 M. E. Braddon Doctor's Wife iii The surgeon's thoughts went vagabondizing away from the little coffee-room.1868 M. E. Braddon Birds of Prey (new ed.) v. iii My thoughts went vagabondising off to Charlotte.
a. With indefinite it.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Roder, to roame, wander, vagabondize it.
1777 Ann. Reg. 1776 Characters 35/2 After thus vagabondizing it for some time, he was discovered by the consul.
1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth liii How much earlier he would have found her by staying quietly at Tergou, than by vagabondizing it all over Holland.
b. In ordinary use. Frequently with adverbs and prepositions.
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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
1794 A. M. Bennett Ellen III. 39 No modest woman would go vagabondizing about the country.
1795 tr. L. S. Mercier Fragm. Politics & Hist. II. 223 The streets would be filled with wretches, vagabondizing round the palaces of sloth.
1832 Westm. Rev. July 38 Peoples among whom his fortunes cast him while vagabondizing in the remotest corners of the globe.
1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice xxvi That..scapegrace..had vagabondised all over Europe as a newspaper correspondent.
1894 D. C. Murray Making of Novelist 87 I..acquired a taste for vagabondising about among the poor.
Derivatives
ˈvagabondizer n.
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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
1860 All Year Round 11 Feb. 362 The itinerant traveller and poetical or artistic vagabondiser.
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