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An idle indulgence in fantasy
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woolgathering
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Woolgathering is a book by Patti Smith , published in 1992.
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Woolgathering \Wool"gath`er*ing\, n. Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design. His wits were a woolgathering, as they say. --Burton.
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adj. dreamy in mood or nature; "a woolgathering moment" [syn: dreamy , moony ] n. an idle indulgence in fantasy
Usage examples of woolgathering.
She also had a way of lunging predatorily into the classroom and rapping the knuckles of any girl who had been whispering, making faces at the teachers, passing notes, doodling, woolgathering, fidgeting, scratching, nose-picking, sighing, or slumping.
A good microbe hunter, he was much more than a mere woolgathering searcher, much more than a mere man of science.