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vagabondage

American  
[vag-uh-bon-dij] / ˈvæg əˌbɒn dɪdʒ /

noun

  1. the state or condition of being a vagabond; idle wandering.

  2. vagabonds collectively.


Etymology

Origin of vagabondage

First recorded in 1805–15; vagabond + -age

Example Sentences

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Photograph: Moviestore/REX Shutterstock But the allure of the life of vagabondage remains.

From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2015

Varda’s film, though, turns any such eulogy to vagabondage on its head.

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

Stevenson's travels through Provence, U. S. mountains, the South Seas to his Samoan grave suggest not only a search for healthful air but the consumptive's itch for vagabondage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Permit me, then, as a brother in exile and vagabondage, as a pariah, to fraternize with you.

From The Jew by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy