Today's Word "tarry"
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tarry \TAR-ee\ (verb intr.) - 1 : To delay or be late in going, coming, or doing. 2 : To wait. 3 : To remain or stay temporarily, as in a place; sojourn. (verb tr.) To wait for; await. (noun) A temporary stay; a sojourn. (adjective) Of, resembling, or covered with tar.
"Never one to tarry, Kate was always the first to arrive at any social gathering, yet was also the first to grow bored and leave."
Middle English tarien.
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