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dalliers

noun

plural of dallier

as in snails

someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others the dalliers began to hurry when they realized a violent storm was brewing

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snails

Noun

The lubricating substance allows snails to stick to the ground more easily and travel more smoothly.

— Laura Dorwart, Health, 22 July 2026
But SpongeBob is just as unambiguously heroic as Damon’s Odysseus is (even if our favorite burger-flipping tamer of snails requires a gift from a certain daughter of a goddess to find his courage).

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 July 2026

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