Etymology
Origin of vagabondage
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In 17th- and 18th-century England, this panic resulted in harsh laws against vagabondage, and the development of charities to ameliorate the worst effects of enforced destitution.
From The Guardian ● May 8, 2018
Photograph: Moviestore/REX Shutterstock But the allure of the life of vagabondage remains.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2015
She is consigned to a madhouse, and her child to a life of pachyderm vagabondage in the company of a helpful mouse and some jive-talking crows.
From Time ● Apr. 8, 2014
They ran away to Geneva, spent eleven years of romantic vagabondage interrupted only by his concert tours.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But I have abandoned the collective wandering life for solitary vagabondage.
From The Jew by Jo?zef Ignacy Kraszewski
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