wait-a-bit
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wait-a-bit
1775–85; translation of Afrikaans wag-'n-bietjie < Dutch wacht een beetje
Example Sentences
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But Kim Alexander, head of the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation, falls into the wait-a-bit camp.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026
We were an odd pair of scallywags to look at, but as South African as a wait-a-bit bush.
From Greenmantle by Buchan, John
The lion held up the river's bank for a short distance and took away through some wait-a-bit thorn cover, the best he could find, but nevertheless open.
From Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians by Gordon-Cumming, Roualeyn
The lion held up the river’s bank for a short distance, and took away through some wait-a-bit thorn cover, the best he could find, but nevertheless open.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 by Various
The British call them "wait-a-bit" thorns, and under either name they are equally dangerous.
From Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer by O'Neil, Owen Rowe
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