Lingerer

  • 61tarrier — n. lingerer; dawdler tar·ry || tɑːrɪ n. stay, sojourn, delay v. stay, sojourn, delay, linger, wait adj. full of tar …

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  • 62tarriers — n. lingerer; dawdler …

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  • 63linger — verb be slow or reluctant to leave. ↘(linger over) spend a long time over. ↘(usu. linger on) be slow to disappear or die. Derivatives lingerer noun lingering adjective lingeringly adverb Origin ME: frequentative of obs. leng prolong , of Gmc… …

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  • 64laggard — n. Loiterer, lingerer, idler, laggard, saunterer …

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  • 65loiterer — n. Lingerer, idler, laggard …

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  • 66linger — verb (I) 1 to stay somewhere a little longer, especially because you do not want to leave (+ over/on etc): They lingered over coffee and missed the last bus. 2 (always + adv/prep) to continue looking at or dealing with something for longer than… …

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  • 67laggard — noun there ll be no laggards on my watch, Mr. Tyler Syn: straggler, loiterer, lingerer, dawdler, sluggard, snail, idler, loafer; informal lazybones, slacker, slowpoke, foot dragger …

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  • 68dawdler — n laggard, lingerer, loiterer; lie abed, slugabed, layabout, dreamer, lotus eater, drone, lounger; snail, slowpoke, tortoise, afternoon farmer, lazybones; loafer, faineant, do nothing, sluggard, sloth, idler, trifler; shirker, Sl. goof off,… …

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  • 69do-nothing — n 1. idler, faineant, loafer, drone, Inf. bum, sluggard, slugabed, lazybones; laggard, loiterer, lounger, lingerer, trifler, dawdler, dallier; day dreamer, lotus eater; shirker, goldbrick, Sl. goof off; good for nothing, ne er do well, Fr.… …

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  • 70drone — I n parasite, leech, sponger, Inf. sponge, Inf. deadbeat; do nothing, idler, fainéant, loafer, Inf. bum, sluggard, slugabed, lazybones; laggard, loiterer, lounger, lingerer, trifler, dawdler, dallier; daydreamer, lotus eater; shirker, goldbrick,… …

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