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  • noun A person who putters

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who putters about

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Examples

  • A self-described life-long "putterer", he enjoyed working on lawnmowers, irrigation systems for the gardens, and whatever projects his children or grandchildren brought him.

    unknown title 2009

  • So theres this one amateur putterer who saw this thing one time.

    Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009

  • So theres this one amateur putterer who saw this thing one time.

    Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009

  • So theres this one amateur putterer who saw this thing one time.

    Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009

  • Dr. Melendy warned readers against hiring anyone who was “croaker” or a “putterer,” saying that they ought to be either “married or widowed.”

    Archive 2006-11-01 Mother Jones RN 2006

  • Dr. Melendy warned readers against hiring anyone who was “croaker” or a “putterer,” saying that they ought to be either “married or widowed.”

    The Perfect Woman's Perfect Nurse Mother Jones RN 2006

  • I love to read, I am fond of music and films, and I'm a consummate putterer.

    While Other People Sleep Muller, Marcia 1998

  • In his insistence upon solidity and exactitude he went beyond the point of careful workmanship and became a putterer.

    The Man from the Bitter Roots Caroline Lockhart 1916

  • Poor old Whinnie, I'm afraid, is more a putterer than a plowman.

    The Prairie Mother Arthur Stringer 1912

  • My new aspiration is to become a part-time explorer / part-time putterer within the next 3-5 years.

    bluntmoney.com bluntmoney 2008

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