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rolling stone

noun

  1. a restless or wandering person
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Idioms and Phrases

A person who moves about a great deal and never settles down, as in Kate's lived in ten cities in as many years—she's a real rolling stone . This expression is a shortening of the proverb a rolling stone gathers no moss , first recorded in 1523, which indicates that one who never settles anywhere will not do well. After some 300 years of this interpretation, in the mid-1800s the value of gathering moss (and staying put) began to be questioned, and in current usage the term is most often used without any particular value judgment.
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Example Sentences

Mullins quotes Stewart from an interview with Rolling Stone.

In the same house where Rolling Stone's Jackie says she was.

But after Rolling Stone's rape story debacle, how much momentum does the call to ban fraternities have left?

UPDATE: Managing editor Will Dana took greater responsibility for Rolling Stone's errors in a series of tweets Friday evening.

Dean Teresa A. Sullivan praised the “overwhelming response by this community to condemn the evil acts” reported by Rolling Stone.

Like me, he entered railway life in 1867; but, p. 69unlike me, has not been a rolling stone.

But in reply to their warning that "a rolling stone gathers no moss" he said that that was not his aim.

For years he has been a rolling stone, but always said that when he settled down he would come to Colester.

We keep repeating the silly proverb that a rolling stone gathers no moss, as if moss were a desirable parasite.

He is a rolling stone that gathers no moss, but manages to glue itself to greenbacks at every turn.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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