tarrier.
A layabout or loiterer; someone who tarries.
Meaning & usage
A layabout or loiterer; someone who tarries.
A Roman Catholic of Northern Ireland or Scotland.
Where this word comes from
The Roman Catholic slang variation is possibly derived from Saint Erasmus being labeled as a "tarrier of time" before torture and execution for his beliefs.
comparative form of tarry: more tarry
Where this word comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Obsolete form of terrier (“kind of dog”).
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