loiterers

noun

plural of loiterer
as in snails
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others she yelled at the loiterers at the end of the line to hurry up

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Recent Examples of loiterers Vandals quickly stripped it bare, from its electrical wiring to its rooftop mechanicals, and loiterers congregating outside its doors and in its parking lot sometimes numbered in the dozens during a difficult post-pandemic downturn for the Midway. — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Mar. 2026
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  1. snails
  2. stragglers
  3. lingerers
Noun
  • In Connecticut, diamondback terrapins live in saltmarsh habitats and consume coffee bean snails, which if left unchecked would consume all the grass in the saltmarsh.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
  • Pest Control with Cardboard Slugs and snails are drawn to cool, damp cardboard.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 10 July 2026
Definition of snails
Noun
  • Some of us stragglers just needed to watch a bit more of him.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • There’s growing evidence, however, that some Tequesta stragglers may have stayed behind, or that some eventually returned from Cuba, joining other indigenous people in Florida.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Definition of stragglers
Noun
  • Nakamura designs for lingerers.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of lingerers

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