tarrier

  • 81lingerer — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One that lags: dawdler, dilly dallier, lag, laggard, lagger, loiterer, poke, procrastinator, straggler, tarrier. Informal: slowpoke. See FAST …

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  • 82loiterer — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One that lags: dawdler, dilly dallier, lag, laggard, lagger, lingerer, poke, procrastinator, straggler, tarrier. Informal: slowpoke. See FAST …

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  • 83procrastinator — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One that lags: dawdler, dilly dallier, lag, laggard, lagger, lingerer, loiterer, poke, straggler, tarrier. Informal: slowpoke. See FAST …

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  • 84tarry — I UK [ˈtærɪ] / US [ˈterɪ] verb [intransitive] Word forms tarry : present tense I/you/we/they tarry he/she/it tarries present participle tarrying past tense tarried past participle tarried mainly literary to stay somewhere longer than you should… …

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  • 85tarry — I. /ˈtæri / (say taree) verb (tarried, tarrying) –verb (i) 1. to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn. 2. to delay or be tardy in acting, starting, coming, etc.; linger or loiter. 3. to wait. –verb (t) 4. Obsolete to wait for. –noun (plural… …

  • 86PETRA — (Gr. rock, a translation of the Heb. sela), a ruined site in Edom, 140 mi. (224 km.) S. of Amman, 60 mi. (96 km.) N. of Elath. It is assumed that the biblical Sela was situated farther north (II Kings 14:7). In later sources (Jos., Ant., 4:161;… …

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