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

English Dictionary: dawdler by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Adularia \[d8]Ad`u*la"ri*a\, n. [From Adula, a mountain peak
      in Switzerland, where fine specimens are found.] (Min.)
      A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or
      orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections;
      -- called by lapidaries moonstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Atelier \[d8]A`te*lier"\n. [F.]
      A workshop; a studio.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dawdler \Daw"dler\, n.
      One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a
      trifler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Detailer \De*tail"er\, n.
      One who details.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Diddler \Did"dler\, n.
      A cheat. [Colloq.]
  
      {Jeremy Diddler}, a character in a play by James Kenney,
            entitled [bd]Raising the wind.[b8] The name is applied to
            any needy, tricky, constant borrower; a confidence man.
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