lingerer

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Our issue is that he is a lingerer!

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2019

Whose eye explored the dim arcade Impatient of the uncoming shade— Shy elf, or dryad pale and cold, Or mystic lingerer from of old: Vainly.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

"Come in!" said the changed voice that had wrought upon Phoebe's womanly compassion, as Jessie awaited the warrant to enter the sick-room—a faint-hearted lingerer upon the threshold.

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion

We had sight of George III. in our last chapter, and we shall catch sight of him again from time to time; for he was a persistent lingerer, and a most obstinate liver.

From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.

When that effect did not seem sufficiently deep, he called here and there upon a lingerer for applause.

From Phoebe, Junior by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)