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Dalliance

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Noun

1. dalliance, dawdling, trifling

the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

2. coquetry, dalliance, flirt, flirtation, flirting, toying

playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

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Dalliance

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noun
1. 
waste of time in frivolous action or in dawdling
2.  an archaic word for flirtation

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Dalliance

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noun
the act of dallying; flirting, toying, or trifling

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Dalliance

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n.
1.
a. Casual romantic or sexual activity: "[The military campaigns] provided ample opportunity for dalliance with civilians and hence for the spread of sexually transmitted disease" (Mark Harrison).
b. A casual or brief romantic or sexual relationship: revealed his many dalliances in his memoirs.
2. A brief involvement or interest in something: a dalliance with socialism.
3. Frivolous spending of time; dawdling: passed the summer in idle dalliance.

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