subs. (B. E. and GROSE).—See quots.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. STROWLERS, c. Vagabonds, Itinerants, Men of no settled Abode, of a Precarious Life, Wanderers of Fortune, such as, Gypsies, Beggers, Pedlers, Hawkers, Mountebanks, Fidlers, Country-Players, Rope-dancers, Juglers, Tumblers, showers of Tricks, and Raree-show-men.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. STROLLER … itinerants of different kinds.
