Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One of the Australian wattle trees (
Acacia colletioides ), so called from the impenetrability of the thicket which it makes. - noun same as
wait-a-bit .
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Examples
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The most famous is the aptly named wait-a-while, a climbing palm whose thorny tendrils impede your progress, unless you are willing to let it tear your clothes and flesh.
Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010
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"Now we've done it," he said ruefully, looking down at the swirling torrent, "It's a case of 'wait-a-while' after all."
We of the Never-Never Jeannie Gunn 1915
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However, best bring secateurs in case a single tree falls, bringing down with it a whole of host of rainforest vines and wait-a-while from the canopy.
MTBGuru.com 2010
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From there the trail continues a pleasant climb thru rainforest (watch for wait-a-while vines) to Black Mountain Road.
MTBGuru.com 2010
hernesheir commented on the word wait-a-while
It's a wattle. Tree, that is.
January 9, 2013