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vagabond
Part of speech: Noun Part of speech: NounOne who roams about with no permanent abode; especially, an idle fellow without honest means of support; a vagrant or tramp; colloquially, a rascal or worthless fellow.
Part of speech: AdjectiveWandering about without fixed dwelling place; roaming; idle and vicious.
Usage examples "vagabond":- If I am not much mistaken he is in reality a detective- I think I remember him in the Mallory case- and is, doubtless, looking up evidence in regard to the lady's second and most unfortunate marriage, either at the instigation of her vagabond husband or some of his supposed heirs. - "Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter", Lawrence L. Lynch.
- Make his acquaintance some dreary, rain- soaked evening and find the vagabond nerve- thrilling in your own heart. - "George Bernard Shaw", Gilbert K. Chesterton.
- I do not need any better name than Tarzan, replied the ape- man; and as for remaining a penniless vagabond, I have no intention of so doing. - "The Return of Tarzan", Edgar Rice Burroughs.