stagger
verb (used without object)
to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
staggerer
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a word derived from
stagger.
Example Sentences
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This was a staggerer, but Vipan was equal to it.
From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Bertram Mitford
"I'm sorry I gave 'em such a staggerer to begin with."
From Davy and The Goblin What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' by Edmund Birckhead Bensell
Ah, if you wants to hear a reel downright staggerer as nobody carnt posserbly bleeve, don't "ask the Pleaceman," but arsk an Amerrycane!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 2, 1890 by Various
“Nonsense!” gasped the trainer, as soon as he could get his breath after the staggerer he had received.
From Sir Hilton's Sin by George Manville Fenn
During that brief period she had become a confirmed staggerer, being utterly incapable of walking with baby in her arms.
From Post Haste by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
