Vagabondage

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or characteristic of being a vagabond. uncountable

    "Though he knew it not, the subtle spirit of vagabondage had taken possession of his soul, and even of his hat, which seemed suddenly to have lost its original respectability, and acquired an air of dissoluteness."

  2. 2
    travelling about without any clear destination wordnet
  3. 3
    Vagabonds, considered as a collective. uncountable

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discursionerrantryitinerancynomadismramblerambling

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"Though he knew it not, the subtle spirit of vagabondage had taken possession of his soul, and even of his hat, which seemed suddenly to have lost its original respectability, and acquired an air of dissoluteness."

Etymology

Borrowed from French vagabondage.

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