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Plodder

One who plods; a drudge.

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Dawdler 76% connected

One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drone 76% connected

The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drudge 76% connected

To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hack 76% connected

A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hacker 76% connected

One who, or that which, hacks. Specifically: A cutting instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees in collecting turpentine…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Laggard 76% connected

Slow; sluggish; backward.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lagger 76% connected

A laggard.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pedestrian 76% connected

Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Poke 76% connected

A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Trailer 76% connected

One who, or that which, trails.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Walker 76% connected

One who walks; a pedestrian.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Plod 74% connected

To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Plod 74% connected

To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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