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Dallier

One who fondles; a trifler; as, dalliers with pleasant words.

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Bum 76% connected

The buttock.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Do-nothing 76% connected

Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Idler 76% connected

One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a lazy person; a sluggard.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Loafer 76% connected

One who loafs; a lazy lounger.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dally 74% connected

To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dally 74% connected

To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lounger 92% connected

One who lounges; ar idler.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mope 92% connected

To be dull and spiritless.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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