Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To stroll; wander; go about idly.
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- verb To
stroll ,meander .
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Examples
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I have likewise some things to finish for Chambers before I go, and then I think I shall be able to enjoy a few days of a stravaig ....
The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton
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Hamish, we will stravaig to the South End and see the sheep there and come back hame again.
The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars
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But putting the afternoon's stravaig and the morning's ramble together made quite a decent day's exercise; and I believe the two or three hours in the jungle with its strange sights and sounds, flowers, birds, and beasts, were as interesting as a Phoungies 'funerals.
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He spok of both of ye all night most beautiful, and how ye used to stravaig on the Saturday afternoons, and of AULD KELVINSIDE.
The Wrecker 1898
bilby commented on the word stravaig
Scots - to wander aimlessly.
December 26, 2007
sionnach commented on the word stravaig
I wonder if this is related at all to the word stravag? It doesn't quite seem to fit the context, the way stravag is used in the translation of the Villon poem.
Also, it's hard to look at 'stravag' and not want to add an egg at the beginning and an ant at the end, which suggests a different etymology .
OK, i'll stop babbling now.
December 26, 2007
bilby commented on the word stravaig
Arrives via obsolete Scots word extravage, from Latin vagari to wander.
December 28, 2007
bilby commented on the word stravaig
Reminds me of that indie band, Almost Stravaig.
August 23, 2013