Sentence:  Sloan created such works for newspaper supplements before syndication threw him out of a job and sent him to <WSD>roam</WSD> the streets of New York , thereby building for America an incomparable city survey from paintings of McSorley 's Saloon to breezy clotheslines on city roofs . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment