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Putter around   /pˈətər ərˈaʊnd/   Listen
Putter around

verb
1.
Move around aimlessly.  Synonyms: potter, potter around, putter.






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"Putter around" Quotes from Famous Books



... putter around considerable. But they say his widow isn't doing much to keep it up. Tumble flighty woman, so they say. Young, you know, just about young enough to be the old ...
— Up the Hill and Over • Isabel Ecclestone Mackay

... soon resign his interests in all worldly gear, he would volunteer to console the declining years of his dear old uncle, by his own pleasant company and encouragement, and the old man very gladly accepted the proposals of Lev, to cut wood, dig, scratch and putter around his worn out and dilapidated farm. Uncle Gunter had but two negroes; through starvation and long service he had worn them about out; he had little or no "stock" upon his farm, quite as scant an assortment ...
— The Humors of Falconbridge - A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes • Jonathan F. Kelley



Words linked to "Putter around" :   potter around, move



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