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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


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In 17th- and 18th-century England, this panic resulted in harsh laws against vagabondage, and the development of charities to ameliorate the worst effects of enforced destitution.

From The Guardian ● May 8, 2018

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

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

And there one day, sitting in a wicker chair in a Left Bank cafe, he suddenly realizes that he can escape his perennial sense of personal and artistic vagabondage.

From Time Magazine Archive

This last stage of vagabondage may have its extremes of scoundrelism.

From Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo

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