The frequent presence of the loiterer sparked suspicion from the neighborhood. From LearnThat.org.
Drawing nearer, Waggoner, who by name or by sight knew every resident of the town, made up his mind that the loiterer was a stranger. From Wordnik.com. [The Thunders of Silence] Reference
Davus gets called a loiterer and a scamp. From Wordnik.com. [The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry] Reference
Here and there a village loiterer greeted her kindly. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866] Reference
Once, the police arrested him under a bridge as a loiterer. From Wordnik.com. [A World Apart: My uncle is a Hare Krishna spiritual master] Reference
And if I remain here much longer, I shall be just such a loiterer. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
I'm a loiterer in the Hallmark aisle of the drugstore, trying to choose a card. From Wordnik.com. [Jenée Desmond-Harris: When Fathers Fall Somewhere Between Awesome and Absentee] Reference
"I've no doubt the children will help you to look for your suspicious loiterer.". From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat]
Walker told him again to move along, and then reportedly started hitting the loiterer. From Wordnik.com. [Justice For Shem Walker | ATTACKERMAN] Reference
The day must come when not a single child, not a single loiterer goes without schooling. From Wordnik.com. [NATIONAL MEETING OF SCHOOL MONITORS] Reference
He cannot afford to be a trifler or a loiterer on the way, but must push on continually. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
Not a loiterer, only one of the furtive starved dogs, slinking back from some rubbish. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortieth Door] Reference
O illiterate loiterer! it was the son of thy grandmother: this proves that thou canst not read. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Gentlemen of Verona] Reference
Only once had a loiterer stayed behind, smiling a sweet smile, as if he were enjoying the music. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891] Reference
Some purpose or other is so natural to every one, that a mere loiterer always looks and feels remarkable. From Wordnik.com. [Hard Times] Reference
No matter where we live, we must be aware of context clues - the parked car, the loiterer, the band of teens. From Wordnik.com. [Whistling in the Dark] Reference
Had they not been women they would not have lived; a loiterer around headquarters takes his life in his hands. From Wordnik.com. [S.O.S. Stand to!] Reference
As she passed a small tavern on the outskirts of Bingtown, a loiterer had hailed her and pressed a note into her hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Mad Ship]
When the spectators had gone the Mayor, who had sternly watched the slow exit of the last loiterer, turned to the boys. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
Both laughed gruffly, while a loiterer or two, just passing in or out the swing doors, who had stopped to listen, joined in. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls] Reference
I hung out for a while, until I was worried that I looked like some strange loiterer, and then paid for my purchase, and took off. From Wordnik.com. [Two Cheers for the Upper East Side] Reference
She at once recalled the figure of a loiterer whom, being curious, she had frequently observed, believing him to be a new neighbor. From Wordnik.com. [At the Sign of the Cat and Racket] Reference
Finally in indignation she dragged away the loiterer; and muttering rebuke followed after the jingle of the rings on his pilgrim's staff. From Wordnik.com. [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference
What loiterer at the gates will call Cadmus from the house, Agenor's son, who left the city of Sidon and founded here the town of Thebes?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bacchantes] Reference
At this juncture, a loiterer appeared in the hall. From Wordnik.com. [Rookwood] Reference
In this fire the unhappy loiterer had been burnt to death. From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer] Reference
"Unvexed loiterer by the world's green ways" struck forcibly upon him. From Wordnik.com. [Eugene Aram — Complete] Reference
I did not believe any longer that he was, like me, an idle loiterer here. From Wordnik.com. [The Master Mummer] Reference
Here and there in the passing crowds one might see, now and then, a loiterer edging interestedly near. From Wordnik.com. [Sister Carrie: a Novel] Reference
Ah, there! 'as he came bounding down,' you intolerable loiterer, I was just going to leave you behind. '. From Wordnik.com. [Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster] Reference
Make haste, therefore, thou loiterer, if thou wouldst ever prosper and rise to eminence in the work of thy Lord and. From Wordnik.com. [The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner] Reference
And now the slumberer, as the loiterer had been before, was the subject of observation to the accidental passengers. From Wordnik.com. [Waverley Novels — Volume 12] Reference
Each loiterer had fed, had taken his draught of healing water -- and this was the hour of pleasant gossip and repose. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit of Sweetwater] Reference
I know that a vain loiterer, like myself, had little right to hope for notice from one whose mind was bent on the noblest tasks of mankind. From Wordnik.com. [Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife] Reference
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