Definitions
having the characteristics of pitch or tar
Word origin
From Middle English terrie, equivalent to tar + -y.
Used in a sentence
“I believe with perfect faith in the coming of the Messiah; and even though he may tarry, nonetheless, I wait every day for his coming.”
“For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”
“But so was Face, crouched before the fire in her banana skins, and so was Mug, smoking a cigarette and saying as he flicked the ash: “Why doth the bridegroom tarry?””
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01“Delay leaving”5 letters
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