SCAMANDER NOUN devious progress - 1873 VERB to wander about, to take a a devious or winding course - 1864 ETYMOLOGY apparently from the name of the river Scamander (Σκάμανδρος Homer), in imitation of meander (vb.) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1864 - Scamander, to wander about without a settled purpose From: The Slang Dictionary: Or, The Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, and "fast" Expressions of High and Low Society - John Camden Hotten EXAMPLE "...Isola had given up "scamandering." She spent her evenings quietly at home with her father, except when she declared a dinner at Richmond or Hampton or Greenwich necessary to dispel her dulness..." From: Sweet Anne Page - Edward James Mortimer Collins (1868)
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