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straggler

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The bulls came in groups of three or four, followed by an occasional straggler.

It cannot, however, be looked upon as anything more than a very rare occasional straggler, by no means occurring every year.

He turned to this gaunt straggler, supposing him to be "somebody's darling," and entered into conversation with him.

Testing out his theory he picked up a straggler, a man he knew but slightly, who happened to wander into the club at that moment.

At length we began to come upon various articles that had apparently been thrown away by the straggler.

The last swift I observed was about the 21st August; it was a straggler.

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to straggler, such as: dawdler, dilly-dallier, idler, lag, lagger, and lingerer.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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