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vagabond

[vag-uh-bond] / ˈvæg əˌbɒnd /




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Its stone fireplace comes to rest on what appear to be colossal boulders deposited by the last vagabond glacier.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

A friend unexpectedly hosted a vagabond queen who birthed a litter in their place.

From Salon Dec. 6, 2024

They’re defrocking the Mets down to their vagabond shoes that are longing to ... oh, forget it, one shouldn’t need to crib from a corny song to describe what is happening here.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 17, 2024

It was a Monday afternoon when two Detroit police officers were flagged down by Rudolph Henderson, a 43-year-old vagabond.

From Seattle Times Dec. 20, 2023

No one understood why, for no one knew his history, other than that he was a vagabond Kenyon had adopted years ago.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

“The door was always open, for surfers, people on their way from different countries, vagabonds traveling through that he felt a kindred spirit with,” Proctor recalled.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 16, 2025

"Today we were thrown out into the street - they made us vagabonds," Karapetyan told Armenia A1+, a partner of Reuters.

From Reuters Sep. 23, 2023

He said they were a "band of vagabonds" who were trying to escape from conventional regimental discipline.

From BBC Nov. 26, 2022

The chapter continues: "Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places."

From Salon Jun. 13, 2022

“These three vagabonds are not Ashtons. Not Ashtons at all. They are the Incorrigibles, indeed—and that is what we shall call them, from now on.”

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood




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