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单词 waddler
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waddlern.

Brit. /ˈwɒdl̩ə/, /ˈwɒdlə/, U.S. /ˈwɑd(ə)lər/
Etymology: < waddle v. + -er suffix1.
a. A person or animal that waddles.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > by locomotion > [noun] > that walks > that waddles
waddler1828
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > with short swaying steps > one who
waddler1828
1828 Lights & Shades Eng. Life II. 121 A basket containing half a dozen defunct waddlers [ducks].
1830 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 28 849 A flock of those noisy waddlers [geese].
1859 Sporting Mag. July 3 Many thought Musjid [a race~horse] a ‘waddler’ with his hind legs.
1893 Earl of Dunmore Pamirs I. 143 These waddlers had waddled sufficiently.
b. A defaulter (see waddle v. 2d). Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [noun] > failure to meet obligations > one who
deficient1697
lame duck1761
defaulter1808
man of straw1823
waddler1831
shicer1896
skip1915
shyster1938
1831 Westm. Rev. 15 208 Were he of the Stock Exchange he would rail against waddlers and men of straw.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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