He wouldn't potter about in a garden excavating the pedestals of statues.

But he can potter about and garden, being a Griqua by birth.

I remember before we were married he used to potter about with a paint-box.

To be contented to potter about among the ritual and never to find the Bread!

The days when it was clear enough even to potter about outside the hut were exceptional.

I potter about and try to amuse myself.

Old Rome is endlessly interesting to me, and I can always potter about and find occupation.

DNA and hairs and fertilizer and tyre tracks and all that shit they potter about with.

He thanked her, but the walk sounded rather far; he could only potter about in these days.

I'll potter about with you and the Contessa in Chamounix, and take some nice, pretty, proper walks.

I'll stay home and potter about.

At the same time Stanistreet came in from the garden, leaving Stone to potter about visibly in the distance.

All were busy at home, John absent till night, and nothing to do but sew, or read, or potter about.

There the Captain, still firm in the belief that he is a sailor, loves to potter about with catboats and rafts.

You potter about for nine months in the year, and work for four or five hours a day for the other three.

I suppose it's a mark of how important he is that the Overlord lets him potter about down here in the country.