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Someone who moves slowly
Answer for the clue "Someone who moves slowly ", 8 letters:
slowpoke
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also slow poke , 1848, American English from slow (adj.) + poke (n.3), the name of a device, like a yoke with a pole, attached to domestic animals such as pigs and sheep to keep them from escaping enclosures. Bartlett (1859) calls it "a woman's word."
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context US Canada English) A mild insult for a person that moves slow.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Hurry up, slowpoke !
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach" [syn: plodder , stick-in-the-mud , slowcoach ]