Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Vagrant; vagabond; leading a roaming life.
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Examples
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Troth can I no; I am a lone woman, for James hes awa to Drumshourloch fair with the year-aulds, and I daurna for my life open the door to ony o your gang-there-out sort o bodies.
Chapter I 1917
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` ` Ye wad hae tried, cousin, 'answered my guide, ` ` that I wot weel; but I doubt ye wad hae come aff wi the short measure; for we gang-there-out Hieland bodies are an unchancy generation when you speak to us o' bondage.
Rob Roy 1887
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Drumshourloch Fair with the year-aulds, and I daurna for my life open the door to ony o 'your gang-there-out sort o' bodies. '
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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Drumshourloch Fair with the year-aulds, and I daurna for my life open the door to ony o 'your gang-there-out sort o' bodies. '
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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I wot weel; but I doubt ye wad hae come aff wi’ the short measure; for we gang-there-out Hieland bodies are an unchancy generation when you speak to us o’ bondage.
Rob Roy 2005
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Drumshourloch Fair with the year-aulds, and I daurna for my life open the door to ony o’ your gang-there-out sort o’ bodies.’
Guy Mannering 1815
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"Ye wad hae tried, cousin," answered my guide, "that I wot weel; but I doubt ye wad hae come aff wi 'the short measure; for we gang-there-out
Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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"Ye wad hae tried, cousin," answered my guide, "that I wot weel; but I doubt ye wad hae come aff wi 'the short measure; for we gang-there-out
Rob Roy — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801
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