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waffler|ˈwɒflə(r)|
[f. waffle v. + -er1.]
1. An unreliable person; an idler or waverer. Chiefly Sc. and north. dial.
1803R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. (1805) 59 Saint Gworge, the girt champion, o' fame and renown, Was nobbet a waffler to Matthew Macree. 1819in Carlyle Early Lett. (1886) I. 215 The waffler did not get his cart home till Monday. 1927N. Dundas Castle Adamant iv. 60 Of course there are wafflers, ye could look or no less in a town of five thousand souls. 1977B. Langley Death Stalk ii. 15 He had an instinctive distrust of all wafflers and ditherers.
2. One who indulges in waffling talk or writing. Cf. waffle n.2 2.
1959Viewpoint July 4 It was a field day for the professional analysts and wafflers. 1968Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 8 Dec. 41 It amazes me that Peter Evans was ever selected to conduct 4QR's Breakfast Show. He must be the original waffler. |