A layabout or loiterer; someone who tarries.
A Roman Catholic of Northern Ireland or Scotland.
Wouldnae even offer Jock Stein – your greatest ever manager – a seat on the board 'cause he wasnae a Tarrier.
Obsolete form of terrier (“kind of dog”).
I then had the two best tarriers beneath the canopy; this poor crater is their daughter," and he patted the dog's head affectionately.
comparative form of tarry: more tarry
The Roman Catholic slang variation is possibly derived from Saint Erasmus being labeled as a "tarrier of time" before torture and execution for his beliefs.
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