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pottering
(encz) | pottering,toulání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pottering
(gcide) | Potter \Pot"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pottered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pottering.] [Cf. W. pwtio to poke, or OD. poteren to
search one thoroughly, Sw. p[*a]ta, peta, to pick, E. pother,
put.]
1. To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little
purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to putter; to
pother.
Syn: putter; pother.
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Pottering about the Mile End cottages. --Mrs.
Humphry Ward.
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2. To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.
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Pottering
(gcide) | Potter \Pot"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pottered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pottering.] [Cf. W. pwtio to poke, or OD. poteren to
search one thoroughly, Sw. p[*a]ta, peta, to pick, E. pother,
put.]
1. To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little
purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to putter; to
pother.
Syn: putter; pother.
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Pottering about the Mile End cottages. --Mrs.
Humphry Ward.
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2. To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.
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