Dawdlers

/ˈdɔːdlərz/ noun

Definition

Plural of dawdler; multiple people who dawdle or move slowly and waste time.

Etymology

Simple plural of 'dawdler,' formed by adding the standard English '-s' ending to create the plural noun.

Kelly Says

Collective nouns reveal culture—we have 'schools' of fish and 'murders' of crows, but we lack a special word for a group of dawdlers, which is unfortunate because anyone who's herded slow walkers knows we need one.

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