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drawls

The correct spelling is drawls.

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noun

Say it like: Dra-wls

The correct spelling is drawls. A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some southern US accents, as well as Scots.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some southern US accents, as well as Scots.

verb

  1. 1.To drag on slowly and heavily; to while or dawdle away time indolently.
  2. 2.To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.
  3. 3.To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.
  4. 4.To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.

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