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loiterer

WordNet
  1. (n) loiterer
    someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Loiterer
    An idle vagrant; a tramp.
  2. Loiterer
    One who loiters; an idler.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) loiterer
    One who loiters; an idler.
Usage in the news

Manlius, NY — A registered Level 3 sex offender was arrested Tuesday and charged with loitering near an elementary school. syracuse.com

Signatures Gathered Opposing Nevada City's Loitering Ordinance. knco.com

It has been only two months since the Nevada City City Council adopted a new anti- loitering ordinance and already a group has enough signatures to file a referendum petition against it. knco.com

Shop's classical music seems to cut loitering . journalgazette.net

A convenience store in the Short North has decided to play classical music as a part of several upgrades, and customers say it is helping cut down on people who loiter around the business. 10tv.com

Loitering on the Fringes. nytimes.com

SF supes debate anti- loitering ordinance in Haight. abclocal.go.com

'Thank You for Loitering '. bigpicture.net

So they loiter , waiting for the Olympics and the police to go away so they can catch a train out or panhandle enough money for a bus ticket. nytimes.com

Loitering Behind the Clean Streets. nytimes.com

Loitering kids are hanging out under bridges, and that, friends, calls for drastic action. clevescene.com

Don't bring a chair, don't loiter too long in one place and don't get in anyone's way. latimes.com

The other was arrested on suspicion of loitering for the purposes of prostitution . blog.thenewstribune.com

College-bound students had been loitering behind school before murders occurred. securityinfowatch.com

Some sites are questionably billing Loiter Squad, the TV comedy debut of rambunctious rap troupe Odd Future, as a reality show. cmj.com

Usage in scientific papers

Gas reaching this point in the collapse enters what Bromm, Coppi & Larson (2002) term a “loitering” phase, during which cold gas accumulates in the centre of the halo but only slowly increases its density.
The First Stars

The higher critical density of HD, ncrit,HD ∼ 106 cm−3 , means that the gas does not reach the loitering phase until much later in its collapse.
The First Stars

As outlined in Section 2, the gas first passes through a “loitering” phase, during which cold gas accumulates at the centre of the minihalo.
The First Stars

The loitering phase ends and the collapse of the gas accelerates once the mass of cold gas that has accumulated exceeds the local value of the Bonnor-Ebert mass, which is around 1000 M(cid:12) in the H2 -dominated case, but only 40 M(cid:12) in the HD-dominated case.
The First Stars

Kimberly, Loitering phase in brane gas cosmology, Nucl.
Chern-Simons Modified General Relativity

Usage in literature

Loitered in the library till dinner-time. "The Journal of Sir Walter Scott" by Walter Scott

As they loitered in a long shady lane Mrs. Owen made it possible for Sylvia to talk of herself. "A Hoosier Chronicle" by Meredith Nicholson

The woman had loitered in his path a few hours before. "Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2)" by John Roby

But some friendly remnants of other breeds were loitering about the town. "Children of the Market Place" by Edgar Lee Masters

Mark the fellows loitering about the doors and on the stairway. "His Grace of Osmonde" by Frances Hodgson Burnett

But you will believe that I didn't loiter on that account. "Grey Roses" by Henry Harland

But I see I loiter on my story, which is rushing to the plunge. "The Man Without a Country and Other Tales" by Edward E. Hale

There'll be other little girls there, Frances Westland and Helen Loiter and maybe others; you'll have a beautiful time. "Mary Jane--Her Visit" by Clara Ingram Judson

It came to this: Would Brian prefer the rags of romantic loitering to the speed, train or otherwise, of eager affection? "Kenny" by Leona Dalrymple

The loitering German troops were hurried on to the rendezvous. "The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power" by John S. C. Abbott

Usage in poetry
And I who, fearful to be late,
Passed long since through the deerpark pale,
And loitered by the churchyard gate,
Once more exclaim, ``Hail! loved one! hail!''
Make me renounce the world and its deceits,
Its pompous pageantries and gilded baits;
Nor let me idly loiter on the road,
But haste to thee, my Saviour, and my God!
Let not thy family remain at home,
Nor during service-time behind thee stay —
Let them not loiter, near the sacred dome:
If they must play, let them the morrow play.
And this wayside nosegay is all for me,
For me, the poet—the word sounds strong;—
Well, for him at least, whatever he be,
Who has loitered his morning away in song.
The spot where I loiter'd was lonely and wild,
The bleak winds of heaven were blowing,
When I look'd on a lily of loveliest hue,
That alone and unshelter'd was growing.
I HEAR no footfall beating through the dark,
A lonely gust is loitering at the pane;
There is no sound within these forests stark
Beyond a splash or two of sullen rain;