#putterings

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7849 . 20250401

recent days, augmenting M. B. Levick at putterings 143a  

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Towadethroughwaterormud; with the ducks amongst the papers

                          She shifted her hand,                 and ‘ploitered’ amongst the papers for full five minutes.   ₁         for he would be forever with the ducks, ploutering about at the ‘spout’.   ₂  

1 Thomas De Quincey, “Sortilage on Behalf of a Literary Institution” (dated Feb 24, 1848) in Leaders in Literature, with a notice of Traditional Errors Affecting Them (London, 1858) : 260-283 (269) (google books) : link 2 Mary Findlater “Void of Understanding,” Cornhill Magazine No. 477 (September 1899) : 310-321 (313) Cornell copy/scan (via hathitrust) : link

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rather more on both — and the words “ploiter” and “plouter” — at 2628  

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putterings, 211-210

                                                        Quite a big boat, for such a relatively small pond.                                       wool-gathering                   or rather, a divided mind baffling plot

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