dillydally

• “And "dillydally" is underused, as is "hornswaggle" and anything referring to swinging dead cats.”

  The Pioneer Woman - Full RSS Feed

• “I don't ever remember not hearing 'dillydally' from my mother and grandmothers my entire life.”

  The Pioneer Woman - Full RSS Feed

• “After all, each day and week that go by we lose market share to foreign competitors whose governments don't dillydally on negotiating access to overseas markets.”

  The Washington Post: Didn't Obama pledge to complete 3 free-trade deals?

• “Moreover, rather than dillydally by trying to get everything perfect the first time out, the SEC sensibly created a pilot project that initially targets the all-important S&P 500 stocks and then relies upon market experience to guide the follow-on expansion to more securities.”

  Forbes: First Thing's First: Stock Circuit-Breakers In Place

• “But the newest version of candidate McCain does not dillydally, soft-pedal or claim to live outside politics-as-usual.”

  A Whole New McCain - Swampland - TIME.com

• “He said he couldn't dillydally any longer," Llewellyn told NEWSWEEK.”

  Newsweek: Powell On The Brink

• “The boy slipped and whimpered, rubbing his knee, and Ben tried to catch his breath, and only for a second, because they should never dillydally.”

  Simon & Schuster: Their Dogs Came With Them

• “I don't dillydally, explore needlessly, or take any big chances.”

  Wired: Saved by the Bell

• “I know I should just buy them off Amazon, but frankly I prefer doing my book shopping live, so I can browse through, flick through and dillydally before I finally decide to buy or not...call me Luddite if you like...”

  Second thoughts on NYC, not so summery feeling and Google trawling

• “You know that and yet you dillydally with your art teacher, she said, wagging her head.”

  Simon & Schuster: Pearl in The Mist

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