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Definition of Drawling
1. n. The act of speaking with a drawl; a drawl.
Definition of Drawling
1. Noun. The act of speaking with a drawl ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of drawl) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drawling
1. drawl [v] - See also: drawl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drawling
Literary usage of Drawling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poetic and Verse Criticism of the Reign of Elizabeth by Felix Emmanuel Schelling (1891)
"... drawling spondees,"1 and the redoubtable Thomas Nashe, Harvey's natural enemy,
has many clever things to say of the absurdities of the English Hexameter ..."
2. The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong by Alfred Ayres (1882)
"In any case, as, in spite of the old adage, speech is given us that we may make
ourselves understood, our drawling, however prolonged, is preferable to the ..."
3. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"(continual) playing on a barrel organ, &c.; 2. drawling, droning. ©elei'fe, (ttr.)
n. vid. ... drawling ..."
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