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Definition of Dawdler
1. Noun. Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind.
Generic synonyms: Bum, Do-nothing, Idler, Layabout, Loafer
Specialized synonyms: Lingerer, Loiterer, Plodder, Slowcoach, Slowpoke, Stick-in-the-mud, Potterer, Putterer, Straggler, Strayer
Derivative terms: Dawdle, Dawdle, Dawdle, Lag, Lag, Pokey, Poky, Trail, Trail
Definition of Dawdler
1. n. One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.
Definition of Dawdler
1. Noun. a person who dawdles or idles ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dawdler
1. one that dawdles [n -S] - See also: dawdles
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dawdler
Literary usage of Dawdler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Boy's Yearly Book by John Tillotson (1867)
"dawdler was more confident, and said that he had no doubt but his brother had got
... He was of opinion that dawdler had better go in search of his brother, ..."
2. Lord Melbourne by Henry Dunckley (1890)
"He was a dawdler in politics, a dawdler in art, a dawdler even in play. Languid,
insipid, aimless, illiterate to an almost inconceivable degree, ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"II dawdler, sb. a lounger. I should not have thought it worth while to record
this as a ... He's a reg'lar dawdler, he is." DEADLY, adv. superlative. ..."
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