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Synonyms for wile

to pass (time) without working or in avoiding work

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Synonyms for wile

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

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Wendy said: "Quite often there are a lot of girls starting out on the search and others who just want to wile away an afternoon by going to a wedding fair.
If you're like me--can't afford to do any luxurious travels this year--you'll be finding other ways to wile away your free time.
Like a petulant teenager, he wastes no time in letting Ken know that he would rather wile away the hours drowning his sorrows and flirting with some of the locals.
There was little else for Wes to do but wile away the days and die in his slow, clock-punching rut.
Fans include vicars, doctors and a large number of bored youngsters who wile away hours waiting for those distinctive green trucks to pass.
Here's just a taste of what you can do at the spa at La Costa: Wile away the morning on the stunning, private, outdoor garden patio resplendent with blooming, aromatic flowers and whirlpool tub.
To wile away the travelling time, I took up the fashion for collecting bus numbers, a pastime that led to an interest in public transport systems.
The book is well illustrated and just the sort of thing that anyone interested in the industry can profitably wile away the hours with.--GSV
Just minutes away from the coast is Formby village, a delightful little place where wives with money wile away their days 'doing lunch' and little old women can shop without fear of being run off the pavement by skateboards or bikes.
But there is no electricity in Ban Tham Hin to provide any modern equipment for the school, or even television to help wile away the hours for the camp residents.
We could sit around and speculate all day long, which is really not a bad way to wile away the day.
Wile away the hours--and even learn something in the process--with two engaging sites: the Library of Congress American Memory Project (Icweb2.loc.gov./ammem/) and Microsoft's Terra Server (www.terraserver.com).
Selecting a Bible is not a mindless activity like purchasing a paperback book at an airport to wile away the time.
For a woman like Dorothy from North Carolina, who says, "I watch home shopping from the time I get up until my husband comes home from work," home shopping channels affirm, indeed encourage, her choice to wile away her days with them.
Furthermore, it can be stated that if you're pining to find a good book in English and then wile away an hour over a pot of tea and a homemade muffin, this store will be your bit of heaven right in the very heart of Paris.