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dawdle

[dawd-l] / ˈdɔd l /


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Last year, the Dawdle or Dash drew 460 participants, with another 150 spectators lining the course and cheering on the walkers and runners.

From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2017

Dawdle over coffee or antiques at the Flatiron building or photo art at Image City Photography Gallery.

From Reuters • Mar. 15, 2013

Dawdle and dream and foozle over your musty old books.

From Copper Streak Trail by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove

About eight in the morning Mr. Dawdle brought him a formal message from the knight of the Griffin, desiring he would appoint the lists, and give security of the field.

From The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves by Smollett, T. (Tobias)

You are in the right," said Dawdle, "to use such an argument as you know is by me unanswerable.

From The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves by Smollett, T. (Tobias)




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