Definition of Potterer

1. Noun. A person who putters about.

Exact synonyms: Putterer
Generic synonyms: Dawdler, Drone, Laggard, Lagger, Poke, Trailer
Derivative terms: Potter, Potter, Potter, Putter, Putter, Putter

Definition of Potterer

1. one that potters [n -S] - See also: potters

Lexicographical Neighbors of Potterer

potteens
potter
potter's clay
potter's earth
potter's field
potter's fields
potter's rot
potter's wheel
potter about
potter around
potter bee
potter wasp
pottered
pottered about
pottered around
potterer (current term)
potterers
potteress
potteresses
potteries
pottering
pottering about
pottering around
potteringly
potters
potters about
potters around
pottery
pottier
potties

Literary usage of Potterer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1909)
"... I 've got a good deal of ingenuity, but that if I don't look out I '11 never be anything but a potterer." "A potterer? That 's a funny name for you. ..."

2. De Stijl Continued: The Journal Structure (1958-1964) : an Artists' Debate by Jonneke Jobse (2005)
"More often he is seen as an inefficient potterer, tinkering away in his cluttered attic. [...] And yet in this century, with its exclusive orientation ..."

3. Advice to a Wife on the Management of Her Own Health and on the Treatment of by Pye Henry Chavasse (1880)
"Of all nuisances, defend us from a potterer. * * * * The woman always has the very best intentions in the world, but is totally devoid of method and ..."

4. Man's Strength and Woman's Beauty: A Treatise on the Physical Life of Both by Pye Henry Chavasse (1879)
"She ought neither to be a tattler, nor a tale-bearer, nor a " croaker," nor a " potterer." A tattler is an abomination ; a clacking tongue is most wearisome ..."

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