Etymology

drawl

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Today it means: To drag on slowly and heavily; to dawdle or while away time indolently. Full definition →

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From a modern frequentative form of draw, equivalent to draw + -le. Compare draggle. Compare also Dutch dralen (“to drag out, delay, linger, tarry, dawdle”), Old Danish dravle (“to linger, loiter”), Icelandic dralla (“to loiter, linger”).

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