Wait--while
Pronunciation : Wait"-a-while`, n. (a) One of the Australian wattle trees (Acacia colletioides)
Part of Speech : so
Definition :
called from the impenetrability of the thicket which it makes. (b) = Wait-a-bit.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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