tarry
verb (used without object)
to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn.
Example Sentences
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Thar iz one thing certain, if i ever do own a Nufoundland, or rat tarrier, they hav got tew be thorobred.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
Mi wife iz one ov them kind ov wimmin that don’t make enny statements unless they are true, so yu needn’t send me enny more tarrier.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
Every branch, every flower, became a hand of the sun's clock for the impatient tarrier, while its seconds and minutes moved haltingly forward.
From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Rudolf von Gottschall
I am out 2 vases, a quart of nu milk, and one tarrier.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
He's th' best tarrier for owt as tha ivver seed.
From That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 by Frances Hodgson Burnett
