tarrier

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A layabout or loiterer; someone who tarries.
2. noun A Roman Catholic of Northern Ireland or Scotland.
3. adjective comparative form of tarry: more tarry
4. noun Obsolete form of terrier (“kind of dog”).

Similar words

loiterer layabout toerag loafer lofer loiter-sack lallygag tearer tardlet tambay

Often followed by

et n and dog

Word family

tarriest tarry