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verbtantle (third-person singular simple present tantles, present participle tantling, simple past and past participle tantled)
present singular third person tantles · participle present tantling · participle past tantled · past tantled
- Northern EnglandYorkshireespeciallyto dawdle; to loiter; to waste time
I told her it'd be fine and sent her walking down the drink aisle while I tantled near the entrance, examining letter pads and packs of envelopes.
2017, Ross Raisin, God's Own Country, page 148
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tantle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tantle
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“tantle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tantle. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tantle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tantle.
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