Perhaps there is a connection. The term 'to tramp' and 'tramping' is used in The Lord of the Rings several times to describe wandering around in the open for long periods of time. Gandalf most certainly did this, having no fixed abode and this is often one of the criticisms made of him.
Let us not forget, also, that one of Wormtongs' insults to ol' Gandalf is "... and you, the most beggar like of them all..." Which suggests that wizardry and tramp...ery?... were connected in some way. Or was it perhaps just Gandalf's lifestyle? Radagast the Brown can't have been that much better; living in the forest and all. And as for the Blue wizards, who can say.
In conclusion...
Gandalf should shave his eyebrows a bit...
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