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Definition of Pottered
1. potter [v] - See also: potter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pottered
Literary usage of Pottered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"Past the old church and down the footpath, pottered the old man and the child,
... Lord John Russell's Government pottered with the difficulty rather than ..."
2. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"HH pottered. Disturbed, perplexed; inconveniently oppressed with clothes or other
things ; crowded, ... I'm pottered to pieces." " We're pottered up. ..."
3. The Dialect of Leeds and Its Neighbourhood: Illustrated by Conversations and by C. Clough Robinson (1862)
"pottered. Having the mind unnerved; more troubled than vexed. " Sadly pottered
an' vexed." " pottered eniff abart it." It implies a degree of vexation, ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"He hasn't pottered oat no.but two shillings all winter. POWER, 5.—A great deal,
a large number or quantity : as " There's been a power of rain ; " " There ..."
5. The Metropolitan (1835)
"B. pottered and gulped ! What language do you call that ? B. They had better keep
it entirely to their boudoirs. I should advise you to leave it all out. ..."
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