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drawl (v.)
1590s, perhaps from Middle Dutch
dralen
, East Frisian
draulen
"to linger, delay," apparently an intensive of the root of
draw
(v.). Or else a native formation along the same lines. Related:
Drawled
;
drawling
. As a noun from 1760.