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Drawling

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drawl  (drôl)
v. drawled, drawl·ing, drawls
v.intr.
To speak with lengthened or drawn-out vowels.
v.tr.
To utter with lengthened or drawn-out vowels: "We-e-ell," the clerk drawled.
n.
The speech or manner of speaking of one who drawls: a Southern drawl.
[Probably from Low German drauelen, to loiter, delay.]
drawler n.
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`Well, there was Mystery,' the Mock Turtle replied, counting off the subjects on his flappers, `--Mystery, ancient and modern, with Seaography: then Drawling--the Drawling-master was an old conger-eel, that used to come once a week: HE taught us Drawling, Stretching, and Fainting in Coils.
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis View in context
But truly, truly, it's not my fault, or only my fault a little bit," she said, daintily drawling the words "a little bit.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Although no soldier, he had frequented camps enough to know the dread significance of that deliberate, drawling, aspirated chant; the lieutenant on shore was taking a part in the morning's work.
An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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