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1. to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave
2. to remain alive; continue or persist, although gradually dying, ceasing, disappearing, etc
3. to dwell in contemplation, thought, or enjoyment
4. to be tardy in action; delay; dawdle
5. to walk slowly; saunter along
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Based on the Random House Dictionary,
1. to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave
2. to remain alive; continue or persist, although gradually dying, ceasing, disappearing, etc
3. to dwell in contemplation, thought, or enjoyment
4. to be tardy in action; delay; dawdle
5. to walk slowly; saunter along
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Based on the Random House Dictionary,
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"Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your
journey, but strive for the mark set before you. "
(George Whitefield)
*Photo by Andrea-H
Chant For Dark Hours
Some men, some men
Cannot pass a
Book shop.
(Lady, make your mind up, and wait your life away.)
Some men, some men
Cannot pass a
Crap game.
(He said he'd come at moonrise, and here's another day!)
Some men, some men
Cannot pass a
Bar-room.
(Wait about, and hang about, and that's the way it goes.)
Some men, some men
Cannot pass a
Woman.
(Heaven never send me another one of those!)
Some men, some men
Cannot pass a
Golf course.
(Read a book, and sew a seam, and slumber if you can.)
Some men, some men
Cannot pass a
Haberdasher's.
(All your life you wait around for some damn man!)
Dorothy Parker
