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Definition of Loitered
1. loiter [v] - See also: loiter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loitered
Literary usage of Loitered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1917)
"... Lately our poets loitered in green lanes. Content to catch the ballad of the
plains ; I fancied I had strength enough to climb A loftier station at no ..."
2. The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic (1900)
"Once upon the street, however, his pace slackened. There was still a good deal
of daylight outside, and he loitered aimlessly about, walking with bowed head ..."
3. Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford (1834)
"... retiring into a wood of the Marchese Mansi, with neat pebble walks and trickling
rivulets, we took coffee and loitered till sunset. ..."
4. The Spanish Story of the Armada, and Other Essays by James Anthony Froude (1899)
"Here, too, in these pleasant surroundings we would gladly have loitered for a
day or two ; but the steward was clamorous over his dirty linen, ..."
5. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1911)
"... Lately our poets loitered in green lanes. Content to catch the ballad of the
plains ; I fancied I had strength enough to climb A loftier station at no ..."
6. The Philadelphia Magazines and Their Contributors, 1741-1850 by Albert Henry Smyth (1892)
"... (1784) gives us a glimpse of the motley society that loitered in Bell's Third
Street shop. " Just by St. Paul's, where dry divines rehearse, ..."
7. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... who assemble near that famous place of resort, to the great terror and confusion
of the old-lady population of these realms. ' Having loitered here ..."
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