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While
·prep Until; till. II. While ·vi To <<Loiter>>. III. While ·noun That which requires time; labor; ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
while
until : stay while I return, &c. North. How have you done the while? i. e. since I saw you. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Wait-a-while
·add. ·noun = Wait-a-bit. II. Wait-a-while ·add. ·noun One of the Australian wattle trees (Acacia c...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
stay-a-while
n. a tangled bush; sometimescalled Wait-a-while (q.v.). ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
wait-a-while
n. also called Stay-a-while: a thicket tree. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 306: ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
once in a while
Occasionally; sometimes. Scarcely a day passes in which from two to half a dozen of our paragraphs ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
every once in a while
A singular though very common expression, signifying the same as every now and then. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.