What does "straggler" mean?
Straggler: A roving vagabond. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth. Let thy hand supply the pruning knife, And crop luxuriant stragglers. Dryden.
- 3.Something that stands alone or by itself.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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