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Dilly-dally   Listen
verb
dilly-dally  v. i.  To loiter or trifle; to waste time.





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"Dilly-dally" Quotes from Famous Books



... exclaimed Judith. "She's as irresponsible and careless as a child. She was always late to school, and losing her pencils and forgetting her books. We used to call her 'Daisy Dilly-dally.' She's such a dear little butterfly, though, and it doesn't seem possible that we are the same age—twenty-three. I feel like ...
— Mildred's Inheritance - Just Her Way; Ann's Own Way • Annie Fellows Johnston


Words linked to "Dilly-dally" :   procrastinate, shillyshally, drag one's heels, dillydally, delay, drag one's feet, stall


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