Tardiness

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631. Tardiness

  1. Dagwood comic strip character; chronically late at the office. [Comics: Blondie in Horn, 118]
  2. ten oclock scholar schoolboy who habitually arrives late. [Nurs. Rhyme: Opie, 378]
  3. White Rabbit pocket watch-carrying rabbit. [Br. Lit.: Alices Adventures in Wonderland ]

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