stravaig
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editstravaig (third-person singular simple present stravaigs, present participle stravaiging, simple past and past participle stravaiged)
- (Scotland) to stroll, meander
- 1946, Rebecca West, “Greenhouse with Cyclamens”, in A Train of Powder, page 22:
- It is tedious work, training clematis over low posts, so that its beauty does not stravaig up the walls but lies open under the eye; but on the edge of the town many gardeners grew it thus.
- 1964, Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi, Mary Poppins[1], spoken by Mary Poppins:
- Michael, stop stravaiging along behind.
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editstravaig (third-person singular simple present stravaigs, present participle stravaigin, simple past stravaigt, past participle stravaigt)
- to stroll, to roam carelessly
Noun
editstravaig (plural stravaigs)
- a stroll, an aimless meandering
References
edit- “stravaig, n, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.