Definitions
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- noun UK A
stroll ; awandering . - verb UK To
wander orramble in a leisurely, indirect, or aimless manner, such as by walking or driving; to potter.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I thought it was "pootle," but maybe that's something else.
BSNYC TrendWatch: Deep Vs Being 86ed for 29ers? BikeSnobNYC 2008
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I had thought I'd pass and stump up for a 125 to 'pootle' around on and find out if biking was for me.
unknown title 2009
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Bicycles was, and shall remain, a prince among topics, one that allowed us to explore issues of community, freedom and how pleasant it feels to pootle along at 10mph in suburban Surrey.
Readers recommend: fantasy songs Paul MacInnes 2010
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Designs for elected mayors and elected police chiefs pootle along, but where there's money, there's grumbling.
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I didn't have to meet Catherine or Cam for hand-overs or meal times, so Georgia and I could pootle through the day at our own pace, going wherever the mood took us.
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It drives his wife mad, he says, as we pootle through the suburbs of Nashville in his battered Toyota pickup a stick shift; they're much cheaper secondhand – she just wants him to go from A to B along the most direct roads.
Kurt Wagner on Lambchop, Nashville – and being seen as a redneck 2012
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And then I highly recommend that you pootle back through his archives, because he's chatted with some wonderful spec authors in this interview series.
Opinions sought karenmiller 2009
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Suitably refreshed, you pootle down the street past Cotswold-stone cottages covered with climbing roses, and on into a narrow lane.
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It's not often you enter a stranger's home and pootle around alone and unwatched, but that's the effect Danielle Arnaud is after.
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Do they make your heart sing in the way, say, Brazil '82 did, as they pootle the ball about expertly?
oroboros commented on the word pootle
"Things pootled along gently for a while, until Lucy and Ben secured support for the project from the Arts Council,..."
December 1, 2010
reesetee commented on the word pootle
Neat site!
December 2, 2010