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.
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Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
18 Mar. 2026
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loiterers
Noun
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Coffee grounds are also often used to deter slugs and snails, reduce weeds without chemicals, and even repel neighborhood strays.
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Slugs and Snails Slugs and snails feed at night on damp areas of your tomato plant, chewing holes in leaves and fruit.
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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.
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Duckett was waiting for the last bus of the day at Port Authority, watching as stragglers headed to the casino and the janitor cleaned up for the night, when the pressure hit a breaking point.
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“Loiterers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loiterers. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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