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strayling

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A little waif or stray; a driftling.

Examples

“[…] yet, seeing it in its true light⟳, manages to hold⟳ herself aloof from it; unconsciously conveying to one meeting her for the first time the impression that she was in San Pasqual on her own⟳ sufferance—a sort⟳ of strayling from another world who had picked upon the lonely little desert town as the scene of her sphere of action for something of the same reason⟳ that prompts other people to collect⟳ postage stamps or rare butterflies.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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