putterings, 568-570, 577
vaguely useful and in motion ₁
a wig and a lawsuit
the whole science of electricity. ₂
she turned out the gas.
“I don’t care,” mused ₃ its pitiful and
puttering inanities, while the souls and bodies ₄
sources :
- Sophie Lucido Johnson, “Go Forth And Putter,” in her substack You Are Doing A Good Enough Job (January 9, 2025)
more - Stanley Huntley [and more likely, his wife Florence (1855-1912)], “At the Telephone,” in The Spoopendyke Papers (New York, 1883) : 4-8 (8)
more - Stanley Huntley [ditto], “Women in Politics,” in Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke (New York, 1881) : 120-125 (125)
more - Burt Estes Howard, The Test (Boston: American Unitarian Association, 1914) : 13
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