Synonyms for laggard
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lag-erd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæg ərd |
Définition of laggard
Origin :- 1702 (adj.), from lag (v.) + -ard. From 1757 as a noun.
- noun straggler
- At length the laggard hands of the clock were close together on the figure 6.
- Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Not yet, Sire; he is no laggard if he reach it in three hours hence.
- Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- But if Reuben were laggard the innocent guardian dragon was early astir.
- Extract from : « Aunt Rachel » by David Christie Murray
- Sir, the gentleman from Georgia has learned much since 1861; but he is still a laggard.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
- All this I heard, and more than ever chafed at the slackness of our laggard steeds.
- Extract from : « Sir Ludar » by Talbot Baines Reed
- She had a way of calling to the laggard—hallooing, I believe it's supposed to be.
- Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
- However, it may have been with his Pegasus, his mount for the hunt was no laggard.
- Extract from : « Lords of the North » by A. C. Laut
- I must have travelled at a laggard pace, if it is already midnight.
- Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton
- They knew that the laggard herds were racing with the storm.
- Extract from : « The Later Cave-Men » by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
- Oh, guide this laggard pen To write of one who loved his fellow men!
- Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various
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