delayer
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Co-chairmen of its junior doctors' committee, Dr Robert Laurenson and Dr Vivek Trivedi, called Mr Barclay a "professional delayer," claiming he held the talks at the Department of Health without a mandate to negotiate.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2023
And whether denier or delayer, she points out, “if they get their way, we’re toast”.
From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2019
Flanders mud is a potent delayer during the sloppy months of the West European winter.
From Time Magazine Archive
She knew that in what followed she could not play the part of the protector or the delayer.
From The Night Horseman by Brand, Max
He was a delayer also and, in poker patois, a passer of the buck.
From The Job An American Novel by Lewis, Sinclair
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