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- noun Plural form of
dawdler .
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Examples
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To speed such dawdlers on their way, we've culled through some of the best small appliances and home and yard items from our tests.
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At Christmas, all the dawdlers and gawkers hit the streets and get in my way.
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“Great men are not dawdlers,” Christopher Buckley writes.
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Oh, just wanted to put in a word for unconscionable dawdlers
In Montana: Film, On the Farm Fresca 2009
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Forced to deal with owners who pay late, draft dawdlers, endless griping about the rules and owners who want better tight end scoring, the job of the commissioner is no picnic.
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Don't wait to be directed, and don't hesitate to bypass dawdlers.
How to: Fly Through Airport Security, Survive an Avalanche, Break Up on Facebook 2008
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At one perch, I happened across a band of mystery writers anxious to reach out to curious dawdlers who strolled by sporadically, like moi!
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Fantasy sports commissioners have a lot to deal with -- late dues, draft dawdlers and whiny players.
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Punctual people know too well the unfair advantage of dawdlers, diddlers and piddlers: One late person can dictate the schedule of many colleagues.
I'm Not Really Late, 2007
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The narrative seemed to assume some familiarity on my part with certain characters and organisations, and I got the impression Baxter had too much on his plate or too many balls in the air to waste time shoe-horning back-story into his narrative for the benefit of us dawdlers turning up for the third act.
Transcendent 2006
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