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drawl

[drawl]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels.
–noun
2. an act or utterance of a person who drawls.

Origin:
1590–1600; < D or LG dralen to linger


drawler, noun
drawl⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
drawl⋅ing⋅ness, noun
drawly, adjective
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drawl   (drôl)   
v.   drawled, drawl·ing, drawls

v.   intr.
To speak with lengthened or drawn-out vowels.
v.   tr.
To utter with lengthened or drawn-out vowels: "We-e-ell," the clerk drawled.
n.  The speech or manner of speaking of one who drawls: a Southern drawl.

[Probably from Low German drauelen, to loiter, delay.]
drawl'er n.
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Word Origin & History

drawl  (v.)
1597, probably from M.Du. dralen, E.Fris. draulen "to linger, delay," apparently an intensive of the root of draw.
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