wait-a-while
Meanings
noun
- Synonym of wait-a-bit.
- Any of several thorny Australian vines or shrubs which impede passage, especially Acacia cuspidifolia of Western Australia, Smilax australis of eastern Australia and the Northern Territory, and lawyer vine.
Word forms
Etymology
Originally after South African Dutch wacht-en-beetje; compare wait-a-bit.
Synonyms
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