Lagging
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English
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Etymology
from lag
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Adjective
lagging
- falling behind, not keeping up the pace
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Quotations
- 1595: How long a time lies in one little word! / Four lagging winters and four wanton springs / End in a word: such is the breath of kings. — William Shakespeare, King Richard II
- '1878': We'll chase the lagging hours along — W.S.Gilbert, H.M.S. Pinafore
- ????: Oh, lagging yesterday — Emily Dickinson, Too Late
- 1859: Carols under that lagging, yellow, waning moon! — Walt Whitman, Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking, 1859, from Leaves of Grass
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