dawdler

NOUN

delinquent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

felon hoodlum juvenile delinquent lawbreaker offender wrongdoer

STRONG

blackguard culprit deadhead desperado jailbird loafer lounger malefactor miscreant neglecter outlaw punk recreant reprobate sinner

WEAK

JD black sheep evader fallen angel juvie young offender

NOUN

derelict

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beggar vagrant

STRONG

bum castaway drifter floater grifter hobo ne'er-do-well outcast renegade stiff tramp vagabond

WEAK

skidrow bum

NOUN

dilly-dallier

Synonyms

STRONG

dallier do-nothing idler lagger lingerer loafer loiterer lounger poke slowpoke straggler

NOUN

laggard

Synonyms

STRONG

idler lingerer loafer lounger slowpoke

WEAK

slow starter

NOUN

lagger

Synonyms

STRONG

dilly-dallier idler lag lingerer loafer loiterer lounger poke procrastinator slowpoke straggler

WEAK

slow starter tarrier

NOUN

lingerer

Synonyms

STRONG

dilly-dallier idler lag lagger loafer loiterer lounger poke procrastinator slowpoke straggler

WEAK

slow starter tarrier

NOUN

loiterer

Synonyms

STRONG

dilly-dallier idler lag lagger lingerer loafer lounger poke procrastinator slowpoke straggler

WEAK

slow starter tarrier

NOUN

procrastinator

Synonyms

STRONG

dilly-dallier idler lag lagger lingerer loafer loiterer lounger poke slowpoke straggler

WEAK

slow starter tarrier

NOUN

slowpoke

Synonyms

STRONG

idler plodder procrastinator slug sluggard snail straggler

WEAK

dilly-dallyer

NOUN

sluggard

Synonyms

STRONG

drone idler laggard lazybones loafer slouch slug snail

WEAK

fainéant

NOUN

straggler

Synonyms

STRONG

dilly-dallier idler lag lagger lingerer loafer loiterer lounger poke procrastinator slowpoke

WEAK

slow starter tarrier

NOUN

tarrier

Synonyms

WEAK

dilly-dallier idler lag lagger lingerer loafer loiterer lounger poke procrastinator slow starter slowpoke straggler

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“Oh, not yet, mother,” said Dorothea the Dawdler.

From Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk by Wheeler, Daniel Edwin

"What a brace of detestable ruffians!" said Captain De Groen, of her Majesty's ship Dawdler, to Denison a day or two afterwards.

From Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 by Becke, Louis

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