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(Stragling,) Straigling, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. strag(g)ling (1589); Stragill v.] Wandering, itinerant. —1635 Dundonald Par. Rec. 398.
The tolleratioune of straigling beggars and sturdie vagabonds
