rolling stone

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Etymology

From the proverb a rolling stone gathers no moss.

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Noun

rolling stone (plural rolling stones)

  1. (idiomatic) A person who moves around a lot and never settles down; a vagrant.
  2. (slang) A womanizer.
  3. (geology) A geological phenomenon where rocks move and inscribe long tracks along a smooth valley floor without animal or human intervention.
  4. (astronomy) A meteoroid.

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