Scatterling

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who has no fixed residence; a vagabond. obsolete

    "Long time in peace his realm establishd, / Yet oft annoyd with sundry bordragings / Of neighbour Scots, and forrein scatterlings."

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bumcasualclochardderelictderodown-and-out

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"Long time in peace his realm establishd, / Yet oft annoyd with sundry bordragings / Of neighbour Scots, and forrein scatterlings."

Etymology

From scatter + -ling.

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