Read full poem →And say when did he give you this? You pick
His photograph from mantels, dressers, drawl
Out of ironic strength, and smile the while:
Dictionary Entry
A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some southern US accents, as well as Scots.
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Common Phrases
. drawldrawl southerndrawl texasdrawl slowdrawl softdrawl lazydrawl nasal
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Poetry examples for “drawl”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The shadow dwindled as he sat on the same step and asked: “What road
have you come?” His non-partisan drawl was the result, we will suppose,
of not knowing which side of the store the new customer approached.