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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Every word of that 'par' was a staggerer.
From Much Darker Days by Andrew Lang
The fust reel staggerer was the reel Firemen, about a thowsand on 'em, a marching along as bold as their brass Helmets.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 21, 1891 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
"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
It was somewhat of a staggerer, but I had been through it all myself, and understood the boy's feelings perfectly.
From Through St. Dunstan's to Light by James H. Rawlinson
