Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who dawdles; a trifler; an idler.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a person who
dawdles oridles
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
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Examples
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To be a dawdler is a tough job, but somebody has to do it.
In Montana: Film, On the Farm Fresca 2009
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Theo was a dawdler, Mrs. Winters said so, a dawdler.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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Theo was a dawdler, Mrs. Winters said so, a dawdler.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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Last year reports that the United States was slipping from Internet pioneer to digital dawdler as its global broadband penetration ranking had fallen from 4th to 15th in six years elicited a collectiv ...
Bennet Kelley: Obama, Net Policy and the Kindness of Strangers 2009
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Last year reports that the United States was slipping from Internet pioneer to digital dawdler as its global broadband penetration ranking had fallen from 4th to 15th in six years elicited a collectiv ... digg
Bennet Kelley: Obama, Net Policy and the Kindness of Strangers 2009
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They are the platform of the procrastinator, the dias of the dawdler, the lectern of the lackadaisical.
Archive 2009-03-01 Lee Lee 2009
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Last year reports that the United States was slipping from Internet pioneer to digital dawdler as its global broadband penetration ranking had fallen from 4th to 15th in six years elicited a collective yawn.
Bennet Kelley: Obama, Net Policy and the Kindness of Strangers 2009
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They are the platform of the procrastinator, the dias of the dawdler, the lectern of the lackadaisical.
Forums Lee Lee 2009
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On one key issue after another, from the Middle East to North Korea to the Department of Homeland Security, Bush has proven himself to be a dawdler, a foot-dragger who can't make fundamental choices or press his team to follow his commands.
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On one key issue after another, from the Middle East to North Korea to the Department of Homeland Security, Bush has proven himself to be a dawdler, a foot-dragger who can\'t make fundamental choices or press his team to follow his commands.
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