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Definition of Dawdlers
1. dawdler [n] - See also: dawdler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dawdlers
Literary usage of Dawdlers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1893)
"They were more content with two dawdlers and in- efficients, than with one brisk,
energetic, and go-ahead fellow, who served them in better fashion. ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"They were more content with two dawdlers and in- efficients, than with one brisk,
energetic, and go-ahead fellow, who served them in better ..."
3. The Life and Letters of the Reverend Adam Sedgwick by John Willis Clark, Thomas McKenny Hughes (1890)
"How many there are of this abominable class of dawdlers! ... I believe that
dawdlers, who have been very prolific, have bred a race of grumblers; ..."
4. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1916)
"... to moor at alien slips; For dreamers, dawdlers, martyrs, pioneers, Not for
this golden mote. To her appears No hovering dark that prophesies eclipse. ..."
5. In Darkest Africa, Or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... saves the goods from being robbed—for frequently these dawdlers lag behind
purposely for such intentions—and the day ends happily for all, ..."
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