The Collaborative International Dictionary
To sow gapeseed
Gapeseed \Gape"seed`\ (g[=a]p"s[=e]d), n.
Any strange sight.
--Wright.-
A person who looks or stares gapingly.
To buy gapeseed, or To sow gapeseed, to stare idly or in idle wonderment, instead of attending to business.