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>It's listed as an obsolete noun in OED<
Not sure when it went obsolete then! In my Shorter Oxford (1969), no obsolescence is shown. In fact, it even has two meanings:
1. The act of tarrying, spending or loss of time; delay, procrastination
2. Sojourn; a 'stay'. Now chiefly US.
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