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Definition of Stravaig
1. to stravage [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: stravage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stravaig
Literary usage of Stravaig
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"stravaig, to stroll, to wander about. "The faws went stravaigin wi' their
cuddies"—the gipsies went strolling with their donkeys. ..."
2. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"stravaig, a stroll. " Let's hev a stravaig aboot the toon. ... stravaig, to
stroll, to wander about. ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"To stravaig, vn To stroll, to wander; to go about idly, ... [stravaig, *.
An aimless walk or stroll ; also, the act of wandering about idly, Clydes., ..."
4. The Bookman (1898)
"The lady's out of the tale this time," he said, shortly ; " I met him stravaig-
ing the vacant street last night ; that was all. ..."
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