snail pace
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[edit]Noun
[edit]snail pace (plural snail paces)
- Alternative form of snail's pace
- 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:
- Once upon the stone he slowed to snail pace, straining his sight to avoid the pockets and holes.