dally
verb (used without object)
to waste time; loiter; delay.
dallier
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a word derived from
dally.
Example Sentences
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You see by my brusque ways, my bluntness, that I have been no dallier in drawing-rooms, no holder of lady’s silk.
From By Birth a Lady by George Manville Fenn
You know what he says—'The aesthete is, after all, only a dallier.
From The Tempting of Tavernake by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Believe me, the Britisher is a mere dallier in comparison with his American golfing cousin.
From The Complete Golfer by Harry Vardon
Finally the last dallier had his say, and, after an exchange of cordial good nights, departed.
From A Pirate of Parts by Richard Neville
