Vagabondize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To act as the vagabond; to wander about in idleness. archaic, intransitive

    "Well, last summer, I was out that way among the lakes that lie sleeping in beauty, and along the streams that flow through the old woods, playing the savage and vagabondizing in a promiscuous way."

Example

More examples

"Well, last summer, I was out that way among the lakes that lie sleeping in beauty, and along the streams that flow through the old woods, playing the savage and vagabondizing in a promiscuous way."

Etymology

From vagabond + -ize.

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