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lingerer|ˈlɪŋgərə(r)|
[f. linger v. + -er1.]
One who, or that which, lingers, tarries, etc.; † a dawdler, idler; † one who hankers (after).
1579Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 610/2 As oft as we play the lingerers, & cold staruelinges. 1646Gaule Cases Consc. 3 Our late leaners and lingerers after such a kinde of sect. 1713Steele Guardian No. 131 ⁋1 The mighty body of lingerers, persons who..waste away In gentle inactivity the day. 1740J. Love Cricket (1770) i. 53 O Flee, you Ling'rer, Flee! 1820Scott Monast. viii, ‘But you, ye lingerers’, he added, looking to a knot of beeches which still bore their withered leaves [etc.]. 1891Smiles J. Murray I. i. 11 The book was a lingerer on his shelves and did not sell. 1892Stevenson Wrecker vii. 122 A waterside prowler, a lingerer on wharves. |