To go about aimlessly, with nothing to do: “She’s always ________ around the drugstore.”
This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.
| HANGING | 10 |
| WANDERING | 7 |
| LOITERING | 4 |
| FOOLING | 2 |
| MALINGERING | 1 |
| MEANDERING | 1 |
| SLINKING | 1 |
| SOLICITING | 1 |
| WANDERING AIMLESSLY | 1 |
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