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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dillydally .
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Examples
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Tocqueville had nine months, but he probably dillydallied.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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Tocqueville had nine months, but he probably dillydallied.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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Tocqueville had nine months, but he probably dillydallied.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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Tocqueville had nine months, but he probably dillydallied.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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As usual I had dillydallied and I was kind of running behind.
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If Mr. Morgenthau was so interested in prosecuting armed felons, why has his office dillydallied over a case with eyewitnesses, a confession, a bullet wound and recovery of the weapon?
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The conciliators dillydallied, and the shiver-and-shake came to camp.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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The conciliators dillydallied, and the shiver-and-shake came to camp.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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The conciliators dillydallied, and the shiver-and-shake came to camp.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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If the Council dillydallied, as it did too often, even a strong resolution at the end would not have the profound effect I wanted.
Surrender is not an Option John Bolton 2007
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