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Dawdler definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DAW'DLER, n. A trifler.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind [syn: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke]

Merriam Webster's

noun see dawdle

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dawdler Daw"dler, n. One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Idler, trifler, lounger, laggard, drone, sluggard, slow-back, inefficient person.

Moby Thesaurus

clock watcher, dallier, dawdle, diddler, dillydallier, do-nothing, dolittle, doodler, drone, faineant, foot-dragger, gentleman of leisure, goldbrick, goldbricker, goof-off, idler, laggard, lie-abed, lingerer, loafer, loiterer, loller, lotus-eater, lounger, lubber, mope, moper, plodder, potterer, procrastinator, putterer, sleepyhead, slouch, sloucher, slow goer, slow-foot, slowbelly, slowpoke, slug, sluggard, snail, stick-in-the-mud, time killer, time waster, tortoise, trifler, waiter on Providence