The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LOTH
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More clues leading to the result LOTH
- Old Testament character, hard and reluctant
- Holding back 8th item in auction?
- Reluctant bunch beginning to hesitate
- Item 8 at auction – not inclined?
- Take part, more than once, in theatrical Othello, though reluctant
- Unwilling to take laziness, head dismissed
- Unwilling to dress, skirts not needed
- Reluctant bunch, the last of such trailing behind
- a Reluctant to shed outer bits of clothes
- Reluctant to make circumstances hard
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What does LOTH mean?
LOTH adjective- Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling.
- Angry, hostile.
- Loathsome, unpleasant.
- A measure of weight formerly used in Germany, the Netherlands and some other parts of Europe, equivalent to half of the local ounce.