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Definition of Puttered
1. putter [v] - See also: putter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puttered
Literary usage of Puttered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Holy Bible by Canadian Bible Society (1851)
"... because they puttered ni till it be accomplished ! ! such things? Sve |«'ace
on earth ? I tell you, ! ye relient, ..."
2. The Sewanee Review by University of the South (1896)
"But while Balzac and Vaugelas fettered and puttered, and while Boileau taught
the French muse to pick her cautious way along the strait and narrow path of ..."
3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1878)
"So Polly pulled a pin from her belt and puttered at the knot till I 'most had a
fit. For Ma wont ever have a string cut; she says it is a sinful waste. ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1878)
"Lately had puttered pain in the cardiac region, also across the abdomen and in
the right hypochondrium. The liver and spleen wore of normal si/.e, ..."
5. History of Woman Suffrage by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1886)
"To-day by this method they are in the courts, the colleges, and the halls of
legislation in every State in the Union, while we have puttered with State ..."
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