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One hanging behind
Answer for the clue "One hanging behind ", 8 letters:
lingerer
Alternative clues for the word lingerer
Word definitions for lingerer in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place [syn: loiterer ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. agent noun of linger; one who lingers.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lingerer \Lin"ger*er\ (l[i^ ng]"g[~e]r*[~e]r), n. One who lingers. --Guardian.
Usage examples of lingerer.
Whenever they had gone on a class trip or a tour, his son had always been the last one in the line, the lingerer, the .
Now that the sermon is ended, and the last lingerer has quitted the church, he turns from the spot whence he has anxiously watched the different members of the departing throng, and feebly crouches down on his knees at the base of a pillar that is near him.
Then just as the gangway was about to be withdrawn, it suddenly came over her that a whole ocean was soon to roll between her and those who loved her best, and she clung to Laurie, the last lingerer, saying with a sob.
The hard wooden seats were designed to discourage lingerers, and Jonathan had to shift awkwardly about to stop his legs from going numb.
By ten o'clock, even the inveterate lingerers had departed, and Lady Broome, yawning behind her fan, was saying: 'What an intolerable bore country dinner-parties are!
A few lingerers were still drinking at the buffet, but servants were moving around, beginning to clear away.