2006-12-25 00:56:31 · 6 answers · asked by ? 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
This is just a fancy word to describe what we commonly refer to as a bum. You know those people that are less fortunate than us and live on the streets of our various cities.
2006-12-25 01:03:20 · answer #1 · answered by Wordsmith 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a type of vagrant: UK: After the Napoleanic Wars, in the early 1800's, tens of thousands of released soldiers were returning to the UK after the armies had been disbanded. Work was scarce and crime began to increase tremendously. Preventative measures were called for so Parliament brought in the Vagrancy Act of 1824. The underclasses were divided into three groups: Idle and Disorderly Person, Rogue and Vagabond, and Encouragable Rogue. Different offenses were created for the different catagories of person. You might have Fortune Telling in the first and other such 'minor misdeamours' whilst the next stage were more serious. The infamous offense of 'Suss' well known among the older fraternity in the criminal world to this day, as the act was only repelled in about 1988, was 'Every suspected person or reputed thief, found loitering or frequenting any public place, or any place next to a public place, any navagitional stream dock or basin, or any place adjacent to such place, etc., etc., '. To cut a long story short, it was known among police and criminals alike as the Breathing Act (in conjunction with another similar act, the Metropolitan Police Act 1839) meaning that literally if a policeman told you to stop breathing, and you failed to do so, you would be arrested. The act worked well and if a Rogue and a Vagabond, was rearrested for a similar offense, he could be committed to Crown Court where the punishment (3 months) could be increased to 12 months imprisonment. However, it is said that the act was abused during the fifties, the sixties and seventies when it is said that it was used mostly against Black teenagers. It is the excuse used for the Brixton and other riots at that time until it was removed from the Statute Book.
So there you have it, a short version of a wonderful time in UK history.............. you little vagabond................
2006-12-25 01:12:53 · answer #2 · answered by thomasrobinsonantonio 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A 'vagabond' is a person without a home of his/her own. Usually refered to someone living on the streets.
2006-12-25 01:05:33 · answer #3 · answered by Luke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a wanderer.
there's manga named vagabond, the main character is Musashi Miyamoto
2006-12-25 04:15:29 · answer #4 · answered by Chocobo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Noun: A person without a permanent home who moves from place to place
Adjective: unpredictable
2006-12-25 01:03:33 · answer #5 · answered by *capitaine_beau 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this word simply means a wonderer........who roams on the road and doesnt have a permanent home.
2006-12-25 03:47:42 · answer #6 · answered by amelia s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋