foozling

Where countless individuals and groups are willing to go to bat for a fellow-citizen, to give him the benefit of the doubt over the official fiddling and foozling of police forces, diplomats and government spokespeople caught with their pants down under the kliegs.

O Canada 2005

Where countless individuals and groups are willing to go to bat for a fellow-citizen, to give him the benefit of the doubt over the official fiddling and foozling of police forces, diplomats and government spokespeople caught with their pants down under the kliegs.

Archive 2005-07-01 2005

The man in the blue coat comes back and drives off, foozling badly.

Partners In Crime Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1984

"Found I was getting a bit stale in my golf, don't you know --" there was a momentary pause while he regained the use of his treacherous tongue, then he went on -- "I caught myself foozling a few putts, and I concluded I needed to work back up to form."

The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story Chester K. Steele

It's all nonsense what you read in the comic papers about people foozling all over the place and breaking clubs and all that.

The Clicking of Cuthbert 1928

"Well -- don't you think pathos is generally rather foozling?"

The Magnificent Ambersons; illustrated by Arthur William Brown 1918

“Well—don’t you think pathos is generally rather foozling?

Chapter 27 1918

I was foozling my approach right along anyway, and the St. Christopher thing couldn't have changed that.

The House of Toys Henry Russell Miller 1917

However, the chances were more in favor of my foozling the long throw than that Nobs would fall down in his part if I gave him the chance.

The People That Time Forgot Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912

Vainly searching in the whins, or foozling on the putting-green;

The Scarlet Gown being verses by a St. Andrews Man 1878