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1. That vagabondizes; vagabond.
1830. Fraser’s Mag., II. 200. We have a pretty considerable … idea of how those vagabondising ragamuffins spend the hours of the day.
1855. Household Wds., XII. 168. Her wicked, vagabondising, brandy-drinking … husband.
2. Characterized by, devoted or inclined to, wandering or vagabondage.
1803. National Intelligencer & Washington Advertiser, 5 Oct., 2/3. How miserably is the dignity of Prussia lowered by allowing the vagabondizing system of France to operate uncurbed in the north of Europe!
1841. Fraser’s Mag., XXIII. 349. [They] would prefer labour to a vagabondising life.
1859. Sala, Tw. round Clock (1861), 175. They … fade away with the dawn … and are not beheld any more till vagabondising time begins again.
1883. Miss C. F. Woolson, Anne, 377. July … already felt a strong affection in his capacious vagabondizing heart for the stranger.
