vagary
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"Vagary be——!" growled old Quirk, sullenly, without moving in his chair.
From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel
Afterward I said, If after a first and second Vagary she would Accept of me returning, Her Victorious Kindness and Good Will would be very Obliging.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I by Lodge, Henry Cabot
Vagary, va-gā′ri, n. a wandering of the thoughts: a wild freak: a whim:—pl.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
He said, in apologetic answer: "If after a first and second Vagary she would Accept of me returning her Victorious Kindness and Good Will would be very Obliging."
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse
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