vag
Britishnoun
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a vagrant
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the Vagrancy Act
the police finally got him on the vag
verb
Example Sentences
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From the Sanscrit vag or vah, to move, comes vahas, course, flux, current, cognate with which are Goth. wegs, Germ. woge, Eng. wave, &c.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
He couldn't do any work And he wouldn't know how if he could; So the police run him for a vag And set him to bucking wood.
From Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by Various
They were charged with "vag," for they had no kale, And the judge said, "Sixty days in jail."
From Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp by Lomax, John Avery
The vag let his head fall so that his eyes rested upon the ground.
From Snow on the Headlight A Story of the Great Burlington Strike by Warman, Cy
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 Day, Holman
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