单词 | to walk at rovers |
释义 | > as lemmasto walk at rovers ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander > have no fixed abode waggerc1380 to walk at rovers1528 stroll1603 to live out of (or from) a suitcase (or suitcases)1969 1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in Wks. 228/1 The order is rebuked by priestes begging and lewde liuing, which either is fayne to walke at rouers and liue upon trentalles or worse or els [etc.]. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues À veuë de païs, at random, roaming, at rouers, at large. 1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 288 Walk at random and at rovers in your by-paths, if you please. 1647 J. Cleveland Rebell Scot in Char. London-diurnall (new ed.) 42 Hence 'tis, they live at Rovers; and defie This or that place, Rags of Geographie. < as lemmas |
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