Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as halm.
  • To lounge; loiter; loaf.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun See haulm, straw.
  • intransitive verb Prov. Eng. To lounge; to loiter.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb UK, dialect To lounge; to loiter.

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