Definition of "vagrancy" []

• The state of being a vagrant. (noun)
• The conduct or mode of existence of a vagrant. (noun)
• The offense of being a vagrant. (noun)
• A wandering in mind or thought. (noun)

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• "He then continues: "This experience reiterated the lesson that the vast majority of these wanderers are of the class with whom a life of vagrancy is a chosen means of living without work.""
• "Dear Mollie -- I was glad to know that bound with the fetters of Science, and depressed by thought, you were Struggling yet to ascend the rugged Steep -- where "Star eyed Science" and fame unfold their banners to every anxious aspirant, and under whose folds of magnitude and magnificence all alike are permitted to recumb, and recur those who have in vagrancy strayed "tracing Shadows" -- beware of"
• "And meanwhile the quite obvious cause of vagrancy is staring one in the face."