stravaig

/ (strəˈveɪɡ) /

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verb

(intr) Scot and Northern English dialect to wander aimlessly

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In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

candystring

candyfloss

candypuff

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Word Origin for stravaig

C19: perhaps a variant of obsolete extravage, from Medieval Latin extrāvagārī, from vagārī to wander

Words nearby stravaig

Straus, Strauss, Strauss, Johann, the Younger, Strauss, Richard, stravage, stravaig, Stravinskian, Stravinsky, Stravinsky, Igor, straw, strawberry

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