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vag

British  
/ væɡ /

noun

  1. a vagrant

  2. the Vagrancy Act

    the police finally got him on the vag

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to arrest (someone) for vagrancy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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When the two men had exchanged coats and caps the vag strolled leisurely down the track and in a little while Patsy followed.

From Snow on the Headlight A Story of the Great Burlington Strike by Cy Warman

From the Latin root "vag," meaning to wander.

From Stories from Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore

And when a band starts up street you can get every yag, vag, and jag in the city to trail it!

From The Ramrodders A Novel by Holman Day

Book him as a vag until we see who he is.

From Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley

Hey, pal," said he, "come help me dine; I've hit a pit and got the swag; To-day, Delmonico's is mine; To-morrow once again a vag.

From Impertinent Poems by Edmund Vance Cooke

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