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footle
footle, v. slang. (ˈfuːt(ə)l) [Of obscure origin: Cf. footer n.2] intr. To talk or act foolishly, to trifle or ‘potter’. Hence ˈfootle n., twaddle, ‘rot’. ˈfootle a., paltry, trifling.1892 F. Anstey Voces Populi Ser. ii. 111 Now, really, Settee, do try not to footle like this! 1894 Du Maurier Trilby... Oxford English Dictionary
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footle
footle/ˈfu:tl; `futl/ v [I, Ip]~ (about/around) (infml 口) spend time aimlessly; do nothing in particular 虚度光阴; 闲混 footle about all day 整天瞎混. 牛津英汉双解词典
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Beachcomber (pen name)
"Thunderbolt" Footle: handsome, socially celebrated boxer, who can do everything except actually fight. wikipedia.org
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FOOL Crossword Clue & Answer
Fool 6 letter words. betray butt in byword cavort chisel chouse come-on coquet cretin dabble dawdle delude dimwit donkey doodle doting drongo duffer fiddle fidget fleece footle frivol frolic futile gambol greeny gulled horn in humbug insane jester lead on loiter madman meddle monkey motley muppet nitwit noodle numpty piddle pigeon potter putter ...
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footler
footler (ˈfuːtlə(r)) [f. footle v. + -er1.] One who footles.1904 Chesterton Nap. Notting Hill iv. iii. 242 Drop your public-house flag, you footler! 1923 Daily Mail 22 June 7 Urbane persiflage directed against ‘footlers’, bores, and busybodies. 1923 U. L. Silberrad Lett. J. Armiter ix. 191 The rest ... Oxford English Dictionary
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footling
▪ I. footling, n. (ˈfʊtlɪŋ) [f. foot n. + -ling.] † 1. The footstalk or petiole of a flower. Obs.1562 Turner Herbal ii. 41 b, A long small pediculo, that is a footlyng or footstalcke. 2. In a rowing boat: (see quot.).1857 P. Colquhoun Comp. Oarsman's Guide 7 Footlings, or shifting battens..consist o... Oxford English Dictionary
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tootle
▪ I. tootle, n. (ˈtuːt(ə)l) [f. tootle v.] 1. An act or the action of tootling or sounding a horn or similar wind-instrument.1852 R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour xli, Bragg's queer tootle of his horn..now sounded at the low end of the cover. 1889 Scott. Leader 6 Dec. 5 The sudden and shrill tootle o... Oxford English Dictionary
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lab
▪ I. lab, n.1 Obs. or dial. (læb) Also 4–5 labbe, 8 labb. [Belongs to lab v.] A blab, tell-tale.c 1386 Chaucer Miller's T. 323, I nam no labbe Ne though I seye I am not lief to gabbe. c 1422 Hoccleve Jereslaus's Wife 542, I neuere was yit of my tonge a labbe. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 282/2 Labbe, or he t... Oxford English Dictionary
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pig
▪ I. pig, n.1 (pɪg) Forms: 3–7 pigge, 4–6 pygge, 5 pygg, 5–8 pigg, 6 pyg, (7 bigg), 6– pig. [Early ME. pigge:—prob. OE. *picga, *pigga. Etymology obscure. In formation, *picga wk. masc. corresponds to other animal names, docga, ME. dogge dog, frocga, frogga, ME. frogge frog, hogga, ME. hogge hog. Th... Oxford English Dictionary
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