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Humph! Always puttering in his shop,
tinkering with those impossible dolls, ₁
puttering with oyster shells.
puttering, yes sir, tired of fiddling.
What’s the use? ₂
Sere wilderness puttering. ₃
“puttering around” in the soil,
shortening new growth, cutting away dead and injured wood. ₄
I never run a lawn mower. ₅
sources :
- Harry L. Newton The Spark of Life, Fantastic Comedy in Three Acts (Chicago: T. S. Denison & Company, 1917) : 12 / more at putterings 587
- Carabel L. Munger, Just Like a Woman, A comedietta (Chicago: T. S. Denison & Company, 1912) : 4, 5 / more at putterings 586
- Elmer Willis Sere, “Mob Mind and Hysteria” (taken from “Neale’s Monthly”), in “Wisdom for the Times. A Weekly Searchlight on Thought and Ideas,” in T.P.’s Weekly (October 3, 1913) : 430 / more at putterings
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sēr(e adj. —
(a) Of plants: dry, withered; dead; also, bare; of a wooden idol: dried out; (b) of the body or part of it: dry, emaciated, shriveled; (c) appearing burnt in color, ?yellowish-brown; (d) brittle, easily broken; (e) of one’s soul, thoughts: barren, lifeless, useless; (f) in surnames.
ex Middle English Compendium : link - Lucius M. Wilcox, Irrigation Farming : A Handbook for the proper application of water in the production of crops (Revised and enlarged edition, 1907) : 293 / more at putterings 584
- “The Art of Puttering,” from the syndicated column “Along Life’s Trail” by Thomas Arkle Clark, encountered in The Urbana Daily Courier (Saturday, October 1, 1927)
/ more at putterings
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