Verb (used without object) : to dally with danger. From Dictionary.com.
Unfortunately, Carmine is a world class dilly-dallier. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
I used to go by hours, but I've found that I'm a dallier. From Wordnik.com. [Exchange Rates] Reference
That was one of the reasons Wolfe stuck to Parker; he was no dilly-dallier. From Wordnik.com. [Triple Jeopardy]
Finally the last dallier had his say, and, after an exchange of cordial good nights, departed. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
"Well, as you can see, the story will be that Pan Xo, despondent over the loss of his illicit lover to the arms of another man, took his own life by slashing open his own veins, but not before dispatching his lover and her dallier in a more, shall we say, dramatic fashion.". From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
When an evil attains this extent, he is a poor citizen, a poor cowardly dallier with opinions, whatever his fighting mark may be, who can make up his mind to calmly acquiesce in establishing its permanence, or to stiffly oppose every movement and every suggestion tending in the least towards its abrogation. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
To young men my problems offering-no dallier I-I the muscle of their brains trying. From Wordnik.com. [Qwaider Planet] Reference
To young men my problems offeringno dallier II the muscle of their brains trying. From Wordnik.com. [So Long] Reference
To young men my problems offering -- no dallier I-- I the muscle of their brains trying. From Wordnik.com. [Poems By Walt Whitman] Reference
Believe me, the Britisher is a mere dallier in comparison with his American golfing cousin. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
'Tis said that he is no drunkard, nor cudgeler, nor dallier with women, nor a liar, and that he is besides possessed of much property and very rich. From Wordnik.com. [First Love (Little Blue Book #1195) And Other Fascinating Stories of Spanish Life] Reference
To young men my problems offering -- no dallier I. From Wordnik.com. [Leaves of Grass [1867]] Reference
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