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potter about — see potter around … English dictionary
potter about/around — DO NOTHING MUCH, fiddle about/around, footle about/around; informal mess about/around; Brit. informal muck about/around; N. Amer. informal putter about/around, lollygag. → potter … Useful english dictionary
potter — v. (BE) (d; intr.) to potter about (to potter about the house) (AE has puller) * * * [ pɒtə] (BE) (d; intr.) to potter about (AE has putter; to potter about the house) … Combinatory dictionary
potter around — or potter about PHRASAL VERB If you potter around or potter about, you do pleasant but unimportant things, without hurrying. [BRIT] [V P] I was perfectly happy just pottering around doing up my flat... [V P n] At weekends he would potter around… … English dictionary
potter — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who makes pots, dishes etc out of clay see also: pottery 2 have a potter/go for a potter spoken to move around a place in a slow unhurried way 2 also potter about/around verb (I) BrE to spend time doing pleasant things that… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
potter — pot|ter1 [ˈpɔtə US ˈpa:tər] n [Sense: 1; Date: 1000 1100; Origin: pot] [Sense: 2; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: POTTER2] someone who makes pots, dishes etc out of clay potter 2 potter2 also potter about/around v … Dictionary of contemporary English
potter around — verb To potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner. I like to relax pottering around the house doing this and that at the weekends. Syn: potter about See Also: potter … Wiktionary
potter — [[t]pɒ̱tə(r)[/t]] potters, pottering, pottered N COUNT A potter is someone who makes pottery. Phrasal Verbs: potter around potter about … English dictionary
Potter's Mill — is a restaurant and bed and breakfast establishment located in Bellevue, Iowa. The structure was formerly a gristmill, being the oldest in the state of Iowa, and as such it has earned national recognition. Potter s Mill is on the National… … Wikipedia
potter around/about — [phrasal verb] Brit : to spend time in a relaxed way doing small jobs and other things that are not very important He spent his vacation pottering around [=(US) puttering around] the house/garden. • • • Main Entry: ↑potter … Useful english dictionary
