Now rare or Obs. [f. VAGABOND sb. + -RY.] = VAGABONDAGE 1.
1547. Act 1 Edw. VI., c. 3. Preamble, Idlenes and Vagabundrye is the mother and roote of all theftes.
1611. Cotgr., Maraudise, beggerie, roguerie, idle knauerie, base vagabondrie.
1681. W. Robertson, Phraseol. Gen. (1693), 1257. A base vagabondry, mendicimonium.
1869. W. Cory, Lett. & Jrnls. (1897), 257. We went through Dropmore with unusual vagabondry.
