wait-a-while

noun

1. another name for rattan

Example Sentences

The wait-a-while school proposed to build up great forces of men, planes, land arms and ships, then launch drives to fold back the Japanese.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Now we've done it," he said ruefully, looking down at the swirling torrent, "It's a case of 'wait-a-while' after all."

From Project Gutenberg

Full of bright hopes, we rested in that Land of Wait-a-while, speaking of the years to come, when the bush-folk will have conquered the Never-Never and lain it at the feet of great cities; and, waiting and resting, made merry and planned plans, all unconscious of the great shadow that was even then hovering over us.

From Project Gutenberg

While such as "Tarpot", "Bullock Dray", And "Tommy Wait-a-While", Became, for ever and a day, "Scott", "Dickens", and "Carlyle".

From Project Gutenberg