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Long did bewhiskered Frenchmen tarry over their Amer Picon discussing the significance of the latest hitch in the "affaires" of the Rumanian romancer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet ofttimes do guests tarry over the Pascal cup until the hour grow late.

From The Coming of the King by Bernie Babcock

We need not tarry over the painful, touching scene oft-told, and felt sooner or later in every home.

From Alvira, the Heroine of Vesuvius by A. J. (Augustine J.) O'Reilly

But ye're not goin' to tarry over there, ner gossip—you hear?

From A Phyllis of the Sierras by Bret Harte

At length Melchoir's star seemed to tarry over the spire of a gothic church, into which the people were going in throngs.

From Christmas Stories And Legends by Phebe A. Curtiss


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