Usage examples for dally:

• And now, Couthon, Payan, we will dally no longer with Tallien and his crew. "Zanoni" – Edward Bulwer Lytton

• We did not dally long over the meal, for there was still plenty to be done and thought about; but before returning to the deck I remarked to Cunningham that I should like to look in and see how the skipper was getting on, and we both entered the stateroom together. "Turned Adrift" – Harry Collingwood