dawdler
Example Sentences
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He was also a daydreamer and dawdler, which brought complaints from his teachers.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2017
I had to check out by 11 a.m., and the possibility of a dawdler fee pushed me out of bed.
From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2016
In the 2012 Australian Open men’s final, Rafael Nadal, a notorious dawdler, and Novak Djokovic routinely took 30 to 35 seconds between points, albeit on a hot, humid day.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2014
Clearly, Guan and his partners needed to hustle up -- and Paramor, the man with the stopwatch, decided Guan was the chief dawdler.
From Golf Digest • Apr. 12, 2013
And a weakling, a dawdler like himself, must reply to a hero like that!...
From The Torrent Entre Naranjos by Goldberg, Isaac
