vagaries

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Assured, however, that he was in Dublin, he scratched his tonsure once more The divil burn the lot o' them, my dear, an' purty evenin' they chose for their vagaries--an' law papers too, you say, an' an attorney into the bargain--there's no influence you can bring to bear on them fellows.

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  1. noun An extravagant or erratic notion or action.

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  • Assured, however, that he was in Dublin, he scratched his tonsure once more The divil burn the lot o' them, my dear, an' purty evenin' they chose for their vagaries--an' law papers too, you say, an' an attorney into the bargain--there's no influence you can bring to bear on them fellows. —  The House by the Church-Yard
  • Chairman of the search committee Al Mulley '70 opened with vagaries, a great … —  Dartblog
  • A pitch of fever for vagaries, a trance came over me, what would happen next? —  NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories
  • He had a good deal of sympathy with its vagaries, and he was quite able to outwit the pigs. —  Jan of the Windmill
  • "Andre and my maid are used to my vagaries, and your own countrymen will not mind. —  The Crossing
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