a homeless person with no fixed abode (=no permanent home)abode1 nounabode2 verb
abodea‧bode1 /əˈbəʊd $ əˈboʊd/ noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINabode1
Origin:
1200-1300 abideEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- And, it causes ice dams on a few unfortunate abodes.
- It was an abode of perfect blessedness.
- It was in some contrast to Jansher's abode in nearby Peshawar, but Mehboob and his family were happy.
- The 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act changed this, and only those born in Britain were henceforth automatically given the right of abode.
- The poets did not care to linger in that gloom-hidden abode.
- Therefore a rabbit has no fixed abode.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a homeless person with no fixed abode (=no permanent home)COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
a homeless person with no fixed abode (=no permanent home)· I was of no fixed abode, but I'd finished my time so they still let me go.· Consider too the vulnerability of the homeless person with no fixed abode.· Therefore a rabbit has no fixed abode.· Stephen Leach, 35, of no fixed abode, said nothing during the brief hearing before Liverpool magistrates.· For life here is junkie, is hooker is single-parent, is no fixed abode.· Both were said to be of no fixed abode, although they originate from the Old Swan district of Liverpool.
· To think that a man of so many millions should visit our humble abode.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1formal someone’s home – sometimes used humorously: - That is six times the number to be offered the right of abode in the government's package.
- The 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act changed this, and only those born in Britain were henceforth automatically given the right of abode.
- This would have allowed the right of abode to all citizens in any part of the country.
- Both were said to be of no fixed abode, although they originate from the Old Swan district of Liverpool.
- I was of no fixed abode, but I'd finished my time so they still let me go.
- Welcome to our humble abode.
Welcome to my humble abode. a homeless person with no fixed abode (=no permanent home)2right of abode law the right to live in a countryabode1 nounabode2 verb
abodeabode2 verb the past tense of abide