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heel-dragger

noun

Etymology

From heel + dragger; see drag one's heels.

  1. derived from *dʰregʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *draganą✻
  3. derived from draga
  4. inherited from dragan
  5. inherited from dragen
  6. inherited from draggen
  7. suffixed as dragger — “drag + er”
  8. compounded as heel-dragger — “heel + dragger”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of footdragger.

The neighborhood

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