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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
fritter .
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Examples
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Thank you for the compliment, though you kind of frittered it away by saying you just like 'all accents'.
I circle jerked once, but not like this... floreta 2009
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I have to admit I kind of frittered away this two-week holiday.
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I have to admit I kind of frittered away this two-week holiday.
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MCCARTHY: I was such a hedonist in college, always on the golf course and never really studied very much and kind of frittered it all away.
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"frittered" away the lot while continuing to claim income support, Newcastle Crown Court yesterday heard.
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Yet all this and millions of pounds have been frittered away by barely competent management and supervisors at all levels, by a Home Office that is “not fit for purpose” and all topped off by 1970s style student union politicians and other assorted hangers on.
The Single Measure Of Public Confidence « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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However, when I lived in Texas, I did enjoy frittered okra as long as it was cut in small pieces and very crispy.
Spicy pickled okra | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
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First, it is hard to get your credibility back once it is frittered away.
In other words, Obama's China policy failed Jennifer Rubin 2011
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Now Blake Morrison turns his attention to Charlotte, Anne and Emily in a new adaptation, produced by Northern Broadsides, which offers more than a nod to Chekhov's The Three Sisters, which is believed to have been inspired by the Brontës and their brother Branwell, who frittered away his early promise.
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The Braves lead over St. Louis was 10 1/2 games in late August, and now its all been frittered away.
Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011
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