Vagabond
['vægəbɒnd] or ['væɡəbɑnd]
Definition
(noun.) anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place; 'pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea'.
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Definition
(a.) Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.
(a.) Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
(a.) Being a vagabond; strolling and idle or vicious.
(n.) One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a tramp; hence, a worthless person; a rascal.
(v. i.) To play the vagabond; to wander like a vagabond; to stroll.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Vagrant, outcast, castaway, loafer, lounger, nomad, landloper, idle wanderer, strolling beggar, abandoned wretch.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wanderer, vagrant, rogue, tramp
ANT:Worker, laborer
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Definition
adj. wandering: having no settled home: driven to and fro: unsettled.—n. one who wanders without any settled habitation: a wandering idle fellow: a scamp a rascal.—n. Vag′abondage.—v.t. Vag′abondise to wander like a vagabond.—adj. Vag′abondish.—n. Vag′abondism.
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Examples
- He is a vagabond on his own statement,--is he not, Mr. Jinks? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- We are naturally in the vagabond way here, sir, both myself and Phil. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Then I became a young vagabond; and instead of one old woman knocking me about and starving me, everybody of all ages knocked me about and starved me. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He is a vagabond, Mr. Jinks,' said the magistrate. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You cannot throw an old cigar stub down anywhere, but some vagabond will pounce upon it on the instant. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And that was another most consummate vagabond! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I saw an ill-dressed vagabond in the lane yesterday evening, said Mr. Holder. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- On his own small estate the growling old vagabond threw up his own mountain range, like an old volcano, and its geological formation was Dust. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Come, none of your tricks here, you young vagabond; they won't do. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- There was a rakish, vagabond smartness, and a kind of boastful rascality, about the whole man, that was worth a mine of gold. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- When he found me a vagabond shepherd of the hills, a poacher, an unlettered savage, still his kindness did not fail. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She might be harmless enough by herself; but if she and that vagabond Hartright---- Yes, yes, I see. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The lower and vagabond English joined with them. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- You had better leave me, if you please, to walk the earth as a vagabond. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was very unfortunate that she should marry such a vagabond. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Devilish cold,' he added pettishly, 'standing at that door, wasting one's time with such seedy vagabonds! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I wish I had the vagabonds here! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- True, we saw two or three vagabonds mending their nets, but never trying to catch any thing with them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Now, to think of these vagabonds,' said he, 'attracting the young rabble from a model school. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- How the vermin-tortured vagabonds did swarm! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Thou and thy vagabonds shall crown the wedding with thy merry-makings. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I wish I had the vagabonds here,' said the captain wrathfully. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There certainly is no reason in looking with interest at a parcel of vagabonds,' returned Bounderby. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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