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What is the noun for straggles?

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straggler
  1. A person who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.
  2. One who falls behind the rest, for example in a race.
  3. One who roams without any settled direction.
  4. A roving vagabond.
  5. Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
  6. Something that stands alone or by itself.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “I spotted the straggler among the group of hikers, who was lagging behind at a sluggish pace.”
      “As they mooched off, one straggler swaggering along behind the others tried to do an oh-so-cool spit onto the grass.”
      “A bird helps the old man locate a large albacore tuna, which is a straggler from a larger school of fish.”
straggle
  1. An irregular, spread-out group.
  2. An outlier; something that has strayed beyond the normal limits.
stragglers
  1. plural of straggler
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The bell resounded at its high-pitch scream and last-minute stragglers rushed in.”
      “Turning up late for the summer-solstice party at Stonehenge in 2001, he found the only stragglers left were folksy types in horse-drawn wagons.”
      “One ranger led the tour, and another brought up the rear to catch stragglers.”
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