tarrier
Meanings
Noun
- A layabout or loiterer; someone who tarries.
- A Roman Catholic of Northern Ireland or Scotland.
Adjective
- Comparative form or more of tarry
Origin
- The Roman Catholic slang variation is possibly derived from Saint Erasmus being labeled as a "tarrier of time" before torture and execution for his beliefs.
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