Thread: When walking about the garden with no intent. What do have incase
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Old 10-05-2009, 08:32 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default When walking about the garden with no intent. What do have incase
Bill who putters frequently .

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putter 3 ( Brit. potter)
verb [ intrans. ]
occupy oneself in a desultory but pleasant manner, doing a number of
small tasks or not concentrating on anything particular : early morning
is the best time of the day to putter around in the garden.
? [with adverbial of direction ] move or go in a casual, unhurried way :
the duck putters on the surface of the pond.
DERIVATIVES
putterer noun
ORIGIN late 19th cent. (originally U.S.): alteration of potter 1 .

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