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Meanings of putter around in inglés

Move around aimlessly.

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        Examples for "potter"
        Examples for "potter"
        1
        In the register of the potter's field I shall soon have both.
        Can Such Things Be?
        2
        The ancient potter employed woven fabrics in handling, finishing, and decorating pottery.
        Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States / Thirteenth An...
        3
        For a while the Quarantine Commission had charge of the potter's fields.
        Winter’s Tale
        4
        He wouldn't potter about in a garden excavating the pedestals of statues.
        The Man Who Knew Too Much
        5
        And now it will be broken in pieces like a potter's vessel.
        The Lions of the Lord: A Tale of the Old West
        1
        Tick tock, the time is nigh for advocates of the long putter.
        The Irish Times
        2
        A lot of that I learned through putting with a longer putter.
        The Guardian
        3
        She laid down the putter and fingered the balls for a moment.
        The Ashiel mystery: A Detective Story
        4
        We putter around in an aimless sort of way and get nowhere.
        The Peace Negotiations: A Personal Narrative
        5
        On his game he is long and straight and a nerveless putter.
        The Guardian
        1
        I'll potter around this evening and build one behind the woodshed.
        Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl
        2
        I'll potter around in the gardens, then read until the night shift comes on.'
        The millionaire's rebellious mistress
        3
        Guess he wanted to potter around there a bit.
        By Reef and Palm
        4
        In the driveway, the family dogs potter around, looking for amusement on a bedraggled day.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Then she could potter around all she liked.
        Greener Than You Think
        Usage of putter around in inglés
        1
        We putter around in an aimless sort of way and get nowhere.
        The Peace Negotiations: A Personal Narrative
        2
        No military discipline, lots of reading and things to putter around with.
        The Forever War
        3
        And I just love to putter around in a kitchen.
        River girl
        4
        I putter around my own place Saturdays and Sundays and I know what devilgrass is like.
        Greener Than You Think
        5
        We do have gardening activities, a greenhouse, a library and a barn they can putter around.
        Mister Slaughter
        6
        Maybe putter around in the garden.
        The dog said bow-wow
        7
        In cheap-but-kick-ass Linux tradition, Engelhard uses a cluster of salvaged "reject boxes" to putter around with insect genomes.
        Wired
        8
        Porter was a pretty bright boy, and he liked to come around to my lab and watch me putter around.
        By Proxy
        9
        Evenings like this I used to love to putter around the yard after supper, sprinkling the grass and weeding the radishes.
        Buttered Side Down: Stories
        10
        You're paid a couple of million a year to putter around in a lab while honest people work for a living.
        Islands of Space
        11
        If you don't feel like driving straight to the next mission, you can putter around and see what you can find.
        Wired
        12
        Chloe wasn't arriving till seven that night, so they had the afternoon to putter around the house and get things ready for her.
        Honor thyself
        13
        I sat down at the table with a glass of water and watched Gary putter around the kitchen while he ate his doughnut.
        Coyote dreams
        14
        Lithium ion battery company Hybrid Technologies has hired actor George Clooney to putter around Italy in a hybrid version of the diminutive Smart Car.
        Wired
        15
        Still, when he could find time while visiting his parents, Raff came to Nokobee alone, to putter around the lakeside strip before it was developed.
        Anthill: a novel
        16
        He began to putter around the room, restoppering bottles and tucking them into cabinets, straightening up stacks of papers, and returning books to their shelves.
        The Wise Man’s Fear
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