straggler
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4.3
- noun
- /ˈstræɡlər/
:
rezagado
- As the hike continued, the group waited for the last few stragglers to catch up.
They came back, filed in right behind me, didn't say a word, just got in place, marched with me to pick me up as a straggler.
- They came back, filed in right behind me, didn't say a word, just got in place, marched with me to pick me up as a straggler.
- So they, you know, a few of the stragglers questioned it.
Examples
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Don't leave any stragglers.
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There's a gentleman with a sharp eye for stragglers.
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Here and there, a straggler flapped by low over the water.
Fiction book (2002) -
When they come late, we call them stragglers.
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The woods are full of stragglers.
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Except for a few stragglers, the cattle had almost gone.
Fiction book (1998) -
Determined, she held on, marching at the end, trying to keep the stragglers moving.
Fiction book (1990) -
And then, at the end of a cloudy day, it started to rain, and the last few stragglers were packing up and leaving the beach.
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Waiting for the last few stragglers so that we all could walk with my grandfather to shul.
Fiction book (1990) -
So Rod and Haemum rode up slowly toward the herd, singling out stragglers.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Straggler comes from the verb straggle and the ending -er meaning 'one who'. Straggle means to 'stray' or move slowly away from a group, so a straggler is someone or something that 'falls behind' the main group.