dorr

See also: Dorr and dörr

English

Noun

dorr (plural dorrs)

A dor, or dorbeetle.
(obsolete) A drone or idler; a lazy person.
- 1551, Thomas More, “(please specify the Internet Archive page)”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e., Ralph Robinson], transl., A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the Newe Yle Called Utopia: […], London: […] [Steven Mierdman for] Abraham Vele, […], →OCLC:
  […] live idle themselves, lyke dorres

References

“dorr”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Dror, RROD

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