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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

Example Sentences

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

From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2015

Varda’s film, though, turns any such eulogy to vagabondage on its head.

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

Maria is as great a Bedouin as myself, and with as strong a taste for vagabondage; she 'll have no difficulty in housing herself, that's certain.

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James