Usually means: Waste time through aimless wandering.
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  3. lallygag: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. lallygag: Wiktionary
  7. lallygag: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. lallygag: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  1. lallygag, lallygag, lallygag: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lallygag)

noun:  Horseplay, fooling around.
noun:  A layabout, one who lallygags.
verb:  (See lollygag.) To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
verb:  (archaic, US) To pet, kiss, or otherwise demonstrate overt affection, generally in public.

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