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dalliance
Part of speech: NounThe act of trifling, loitering, or playing.
Usage examples "dalliance":- Men of less loyal hearts, less prone to the promptings of humanity, would trifle and stay; spend longer time in a dalliance so surely agreeable, so truly delightful. - "The Lone Ranche", Captain Mayne Reid.
- Better far had she been a wanton of no account, a piece of dalliance, a pastime, a common delight! - "The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay", Maurice Hewlett.
- And I guess there's nothing wrong with having a bit of a dalliance. - "Caribbee", Thomas Hoover.