stravaig
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of stravaig
C19: perhaps a variant of obsolete extravage, from Medieval Latin extrāvagārī, from vagārī to wander
Example Sentences
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Chairman: "Then why must you go stravaiging among foreign writers and never give a thought to our own great writers?"
From Time Magazine Archive
“Off you go—in front of me, please. I'm not going to have you stravaiging behind any longer. You’ll oblige me by going on ahead.”
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
In Christmas Dreams, the word "stravaigging" was corrected to "stravaiging."
From Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse by Schauffler, Robert Haven
"I met him stravaiging the vacant street last night; that was all."
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil
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