wait-a-while
nounEtymology Originally after South African Dutch wacht-en-beetje; compare wait-a-bit.
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South Africa Synonym of wait-a-bit.
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Australia Any of several thorny Australian vines or shrubs which impede passage, especially Acacia cuspidifolia of Western Australia, Smilax australis of eastern Australia and the Northern Territory, and lawyer vine.
- In the new clearing by the creek where he had felled most of the big stuff, she attacked the landscape with anger, grubbing out the wait-a-while and bush-sword that was still guzzling round the stumps.1979, Thea Astley, Hunting the Wild Pineapple, Nelson, page 136: