long-drawn-out

long-drawn-out
/lawng"drawn"owt", long"-/, adj.
1. lasting a very long time; protracted: a long-drawn-out story.
2. of great length; long: a long-drawn-out line of soldiers.
Also, drawn-out, long-drawn.
[1900-05]

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