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lollygag


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Words having nautical origins

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PRONUNCIATION:

(LOL-ee-gag)

MEANING:

verb intr.: To fool around, waste time, or spend time lazily.

ETYMOLOGY:

Origin unknown. Earliest documented use: 1880.

USAGE:

“[Photographer Nathan] Benn didn’t lollygag. Between June and October, he exposed 286 rolls of film.”
Mark Feeney; A Vivid Time Capsule of the North Shore; The Boston Globe (Massachusetts); Jan 12, 2017.

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