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Lingerer

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Noun

1. lingerer, loiterer

someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place

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Lingerer

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verb (mainly intr)
1. 
to delay or prolong departure
2. 
to go in a slow or leisurely manner; saunter
3. 
to remain just alive for some time prior to death
4. 
to persist or continue, esp in the mind
5. 
to be slow to act; dither; procrastinate

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Lingerer

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verb intransitive
1. 
to continue to stay, esp. through reluctance to leave
lingering at the door
2. 
to continue to live or exist although very close to death or the end
3. 
to be unnecessarily slow in doing something; delay; loiter
verb transitive
4. 
to spend (time) idly, slowly, etc.

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Lingerer

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intr.v. lin·gered, lin·ger·ing, lin·gers
1. To stay in a place or be slow in leaving it, often out of reluctance: Friends lingered at the picnic tables, chatting. See Synonyms at stay1.
2.
a. To continue or persist: a smell that lingered in the air; doubts that lingered in my mind.
b. To remain feebly alive for some time before dying.
3. To proceed slowly; saunter: "the careless grace and dignity with which she lingered along the garden path" (Henry James).
4. To devote considerable time to something, especially in a leisurely fashion: We lingered over the question for an hour.

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