Noun : The Vandals were wasters of cities. From Dictionary.com.
As a bonus, The Wendell Baker Story, an "amiable time-waster," is reviewed on the same page (dots are connected in the opening paragraphs). From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily: Fay Grim.] Reference
The 'waster' of whom he chants is the slang name borne by the local fast man. From Wordnik.com. [Robert F. Murray: His Poems with a Memoir] Reference
The final Sunday show was even more of a time-waster. From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 11: Dumb Luck] Reference
I find it less of a time-waster to go with the latter. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Camp To Hillary: Not So Fast With That Coronation] Reference
Time for yet another time waster, an "Action" montage. From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Oscar Wild] Reference
Why not waster more taxpayers 'money on investigations?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - CNN Late Edition: Cheney Discusses the Budget Battle; Will Bush's Agenda Mend the Divide Between Congress and White House? - March 4, 2001] Reference
It should be called wool-waster then instead of pelisse. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference
Nowadays, though, this book is pretty much a time waster. From Wordnik.com. [ME TALK HIPPIE] Reference
Attention-seeking has become synonymous with time-waster. From Wordnik.com. [Loose Morals] Reference
You've turned me into the most efficient time-waster ever. From Wordnik.com. [Thanks to Google's Tools, I'm the Most Efficient Time-Waster Ever] Reference
ROBERTS: So would you recommend it, nice little time-waster?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 22, 2007] Reference
At least enough to force McCain to waster resources in them. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Gains More Super-Delegates, AP Says He Now Leads] Reference
I know I need it too, but I'm sometimes a money waster. oOoOo. From Wordnik.com. [krazililme Diary Entry] Reference
Barges "accidentally" run aground are an efficient time waster too. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Sabotage Field Manual] Reference
I haven't yet figured out what game to replace it as my time waster. From Wordnik.com. [Read It!] Reference
No. 2 time-waster: social games like Farmville, at around 10 percent. From Wordnik.com. [You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz] Reference
Skeptics might say it's a bunch of hogwash, hooey, a waster of time and money. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2006] Reference
I tried StumbleUpon a while back because it was simply too good as a time waster. From Wordnik.com. [eBay’s StumbleUpon Acquisition: Confirmed at $75 Million] Reference
I could NOT believe how what a time-waster it was — not only do you have to add. From Wordnik.com. [Rachel Sklar: Don't Get Cocky, Twitter] Reference
(Soundbite of "Disco Infiltration") LCD SOUNDSYSTEM: (Singing) We can't shake the waster. From Wordnik.com. [The Best New Music of 2005: John Brady] Reference
The absolute perfectionist is the most tiresome of men, and a waster of time and of nerves. From Wordnik.com. [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference
Commercial TV is incredibly insulting to the intelligence of viewers and a huge time waster. From Wordnik.com. [Franklin And Marshall: Clinton Ahead By Six In Pennsylvania] Reference
However, it is a great time waster that allows you to transform an iPhone picture in seconds. From Wordnik.com. [Megan Berry: Free iPhone Apps To Waste 5 Minutes (PHOTOS)] Reference
I don't even know if Rembert was there, unless that's the oxy-waster we've been talking about. From Wordnik.com. [The Nitrogen Fix]
We'll tell you why some doctors are saying not to waster your money, ahead on AMERICAN MORNING. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2006] Reference
I was not given a choice about whether or not I would be on this bogus time-waster of a committee. From Wordnik.com. [wilberteets Diary Entry] Reference
He quit his old life, began to live simply and instead of being a waster he became a useful citizen. From Wordnik.com. [Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency] Reference
High overhead floated the royal standard, a raven with outstretched wings, called by the Norwegians the land-waster. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from English History] Reference
SACK: Glenn, normally it ` s a time waster, but I actually put it to good use this past week by doing research on it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2008] Reference
Until then, we're going to keep messin 'with this mouse pointer because, well, the logo is simply quite the elegant time-waster. From Wordnik.com. [ANIMATION OF THE DAY: Color us intrigued by newest 'Google Doodle' Mystery (and our Fave SIX theories about What It Means)] Reference
There's no question that waster shortages can also be traced to the world's exploding population, which is now 6.8 billion people. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2009] Reference
Many of its senior members have become overnight millionaires, while ordinary people still lack running waster, decent housing and jobs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 18, 2009] Reference
This leister (or waster) was cast by hand at fish lying in not too deep water -- generally, in fact, when they were on the spawning beds. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Border Marches] Reference
Yet when anon he came to cast this leister at the muckle kipper, "the 14 lb. waster stottit off his back as if he had been a bag o 'wool.". From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Border Marches] Reference
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