Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which wallows.
- noun In mech., same as
lantern-wheel .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, wallows.
- noun (Mach.) A lantern wheel; a trundle.
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- noun
Agent noun ofwallow ; one who wallows. - noun dated, engineering A lantern wheel; a
trundle .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I was surprised, as a longtime wallower in suicidal thoughts, and now what you might call a lapsed suicide, to find myself quite affected by Malachi's political statement through that medium.
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She wasn't a wallower, and it was time to stop acting like one.
Hot For Him Mayberry, Sarah 2007
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Why is an erotica/romantica reviewer andfan and self-described wallower in "bitchiness" so eager to get a copy of a family-friendly, religious romance.
The Mission, Contrition, Attrition, and the Human Condition Mirtika 2006
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I'm a wallower - Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2005 perceptions scarletrose2
meggie816 Diary Entry meggie816 2005
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Among the idlers of Aix, whom in his loftiness he despised, he was but the fiddling mountebank to whom any greasy wallower in riches could cast a disdainful franc.
The Belovéd Vagabond William John Locke 1896
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"Perhaps you'll dare insult me again in the presence of visitors, you old mud-wallower!"
The Sea Fairies 1887
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Who hath slain the great Gold-wallower, and gotten the ancient Gold;
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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He saw the earth-old dwelling, the dread Gold-wallower's home:
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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But the tale of the great Gold-wallower is never the more outworn.
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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Then I slew the great Gold-wallower, and won the ancient Hoard,
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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