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strolling

[strohl] Origin

stroll

[strohl]
verb (used without object)
1.
to walk leisurely as inclination directs; ramble; saunter; take a walk: to stroll along the beach.
2.
to wander or rove from place to place; roam: strolling troubadours.
verb (used with object)
3.
to saunter along or through: to stroll the countryside.

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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
noun
4.
a leisurely walk; ramble; saunter: a short stroll before supper.

Origin:
1595–1605; of uncertain origin


1. stray, meander. 4. promenade.

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Word Origin & History

stroll
c.1600, a cant word introduced from the Continent, probably from dialectal Ger. strollen, variant of Ger. strolchen "to stroll, loaf," from strolch "vagabond, vagrant," also "fortuneteller," perhaps from It. astrologo "astrologer." The noun is 1814, from the verb. Stroller "child's push-chair" is recorded
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