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lumber along

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lumber along
to lope or walk along heavily and awkwardly. The horses were lumbering along very slowly because they were tired out. They were lumbering along, hoping to get there on time.
See also: along, lumber


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They lumber along, rarely getting up to any speed of note.
As those autumn leaves fall, as the wind chills, those mountainous females who lumber along our summer streets, bare bellies wobbling along with muffin-tops, will, hopefully, slip a sweater over their gigantic jugs, a skirt over elephantine buttocks, and something, anything, to keep bingo-wings decently out of sight.
Having him lumber along also adds literary richness to a story that moves a little too much like a modern thriller despite the weight of its Victorian clothing.
 
 
 
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