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vagabondage

vagabondage noun: the state or characteristic of being a vagabond.

Noun

vagabondage (uncountable)

  1. The state or characteristic of being a vagabond.
    • 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.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 76
    • It has enabled us to establish that the act is not one of casual lust or vagabondage.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
  2. Vagabonds, considered as a collective.

Synonyms of vagabondage

Origin of vagabondage

Borrowed from French vagabondage.

Questions about vagabondage

What does vagabondage mean?
Vagabondage means the state or characteristic of being a vagabond.
What part of speech is vagabondage?
Vagabondage is a noun.

Words near vagabondage in the dictionary

  1. vafrous
  2. Vafþrúðnismál
  3. vag
  4. vag-lewd
  5. vagabond
  6. vagabondage
  7. vagabonded
  8. vagabondical
  9. vagabonding
  10. vagabondise
  11. vagabondised

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