vagrant
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He plays Tom T. Shiftlet, a one-armed vagrant who talks a woman into taking him on as her handyman, then marries her mute, deaf daughter, Lucynell.
From New York Times • May 11, 2024
He’s a vagrant by definition — a man with no job, no paper trail or online presence.
From Salon • Jan. 20, 2024
It is believed that the newly found greater mouse-eared bat was a vagrant that had crossed the channel from France, where there is an established population, and took up residence in Britain.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2023
Even the vagrant rays of sunlight that manage to peek through are shrouded in crepuscular gloom.
From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2022
I need to start taking my studies here seriously or I’m going to be out on the street, a vagrant for real.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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