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vag

British  
/ væɡ /

noun

  1. a vagrant

  2. the Vagrancy Act

    the police finally got him on the vag

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verb

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

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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

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

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

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

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 Cooke, Edmund Vance