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potter Definition


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potter1
noun
    1. Someone who makes pottery.



potter2
verb, intr pottered, pottering
    1. To busy oneself in a mild way with trifling tasks.
      Form: potter about (usually)
    2. To progress in an unhurried manner; to dawdle.
      Thesaurus: loiter, dawdle.
      Form: potter about (usually)
      Form: potter along
Derivative: potterer
noun
    Etymology: 18c: from Anglo-Saxon potian to thrust.



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