as in snail
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
we quickly left the draggers behind and sprinted up the hill
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Recent Examples of dragger
Do the foot draggers in the legislature not know or understand the present and future risk?
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2024
Over the past week Germany, the perennial foot-dragger, has done what the U.S. has spent decades politely asking it to do: begin to disconnect its energy sector from the Russian grid and commit to spending seriously on its own defense.
—Gerard Baker, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2022
For better or worse, Hill is too much of a gentleman to call me a knuckle-dragger.
—Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2021
But for now, even a blind knuckle-dragger can do a hearing.
—Kristin Wilson and Paul Leblanc, CNN, 29 Apr. 2021
Take the Cowboys’ scoring drive just before the half, when Dalton found Gallup on a 19-yard toe-dragger down the left sideline … and then on a back-shoulder fade in the left corner of the end zone to take a 20-17 lead into halftime.
—Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2020
So, if your foot-dragger is, say, a phone-hating introvert with pandemic anxiety, then the call to the pediatrician isn't the thing to delegate.
—The Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
Becket Adams writing for the Washington Examiner, Dec. 30:
NBC News’ Chuck Todd offered a good reminder this weekend that many in the press view people of faith as regressive knuckle-draggers.
—WSJ, 30 Dec. 2019
No knuckle-draggers, no chowder; not even any annoying pop music blaring from Pylon speakers.
—Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2018
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2024
Over the past week Germany, the perennial foot-dragger, has done what the U.S. has spent decades politely asking it to do: begin to disconnect its energy sector from the Russian grid and commit to spending seriously on its own defense.
—Gerard Baker, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2022
For better or worse, Hill is too much of a gentleman to call me a knuckle-dragger.
—Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2021
But for now, even a blind knuckle-dragger can do a hearing.
—Kristin Wilson and Paul Leblanc, CNN, 29 Apr. 2021
Take the Cowboys’ scoring drive just before the half, when Dalton found Gallup on a 19-yard toe-dragger down the left sideline … and then on a back-shoulder fade in the left corner of the end zone to take a 20-17 lead into halftime.
—Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2020
So, if your foot-dragger is, say, a phone-hating introvert with pandemic anxiety, then the call to the pediatrician isn't the thing to delegate.
—The Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
Becket Adams writing for the Washington Examiner, Dec. 30:
NBC News’ Chuck Todd offered a good reminder this weekend that many in the press view people of faith as regressive knuckle-draggers.
—WSJ, 30 Dec. 2019
No knuckle-draggers, no chowder; not even any annoying pop music blaring from Pylon speakers.
—Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dragger
snail
Noun
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Cone snails are one of the most venomous animals on Earth, with approximately 600-700 species of slugs in existence, according to the Ocean Conservancy (OC).—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2025
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As Reva relates the stories of her three main characters—including one whose true passion is snail conservation—her novel hums with bruised faith in the irrational power of hope, whether for peace, love, endangered species, or familial reconciliation.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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