tarriance
Americannoun
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delay.
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sojourn.
noun
Etymology
Origin of tarriance
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English; see origin at tarry 1, -ance
Example Sentences
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He who was born in happy hour made no tarriance; he drew on his legs hose of fine cloth, and put on over them shoes which were richly worked.
From Chronicle of the Cid by Southey, Robert
So now, being old, my children eye askance My slowly dwindling store, And crave my mite; till, worn with tarriance, I care for life no more.
From Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas
His tarriance full spent, he departed And met me in Venice, And lines from her told that my jilter Was stooping to sue.
From Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas
Making these Tents stronger or slighter, according to the time of their tarriance.
So feared the King, And, after two days' tarriance there, returned.
From Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron
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