puhekieltä To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
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(w), (w) xi.37:
They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.
(RQ:Chmbrs YngrSt)
“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;(nb..). ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
(RQ:Brmnghm Gsmr)
There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.(..)Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
puhekieltä To stray; stray from one's course; err.