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Potter

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Noun

1. ceramicist, ceramist, potter, thrower

a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln

Verb

2. mess around, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, putter, tinker

do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

Example Sentences:
'The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house'

3. potter, putter

work lightly

Example Sentences:
'The old lady is pottering around in the garden'

4. potter, potter around, putter, putter around

move around aimlessly

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Potter

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noun
a person who makes pottery
verb
1. (intr; often foll by about or around)
to busy oneself in a desultory though agreeable manner
2. (intr; often foll by along or about)
to move with little energy or direction
to potter about town
3. (transitive; usually foll by away)
to waste (time)
to potter the day away
noun
4. 
the act of pottering
noun
1. 
(Helen) Beatrix. 1866–1943, British author and illustrator of children's animal stories, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902)
2. 
Dennis (Christopher George). 1935–94, British dramatist. His TV plays include Pennies from Heaven (1978), The Singing Detective (1986), and Blackeyes (1989)
3. 
Paulus. 1625–54, Dutch painter, esp of animals
4. 
Stephen. 1900–70, British humorist and critic. Among his best-known works are Gamesmanship (1947) and One-Upmanship (1952), on the art of achieving superiority over others

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Potter

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ˈBeaˌtrix (ˈbiəˌtrɪks ) ; bēˈətriksˌ) 1866-1943; Eng. writer & illustrator of children's books
noun
a person who makes earthenware pots, dishes, etc.
verb intransitive, verb transitive
British
putter1

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Potter

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n.
One who makes pottery.
v.
Chiefly British
Variant of putter2.
British writer and illustrator. Her animal stories include The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1900) and The Tailor of Gloucester (1902).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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