tarrier

noun

1. A layabout or loiterer; someone who tarries.
2. (UK, derogatory, slang)A Roman Catholic of Northern Ireland or Scotland.

   “Wouldnae even offer Jock Stein – your greatest ever manager – a seat on the board 'cause he wasnae a Tarrier.”

   “It was the Irish “tarriers” working on the railroad that provided the context for the folk ballad that began […]”

3. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of terrier (“kind of dog”).

   “I then had the two best tarriers beneath the canopy; this poor crater is their daughter," and he patted the dog's head affectionately.”

   “Why I recollect, a bit ago, having a tarrier dog what got old and disagreeable, and was turned out on that account from a swell house in Belgravy. Well, he come into my hands, and nat'rally I put him on paunch, like the rest. Would he eat it? Not he. He had been used to his chicken, and his mutton chops, and his 'ashes: and he turned up his nose at anything commoner.”

   “Booth's and Doran's “tarriers” guarded the entrance to the town and drew first blood from a visiting dog: […]”

adj

1. (comparative, form-of)comparative form of tarry: more tarry