pottered; pottering; potters
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Verb
pottering around indoors on a rainy day
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Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
Next to the stacks of popcorn, across from her potter’s wheel, a child’s kite rests next to a pop-up tent.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Ruby Opalka, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2024
These are the humdrum and human experiences of a man who spent his time simply pottering about.
—Will Ainsley, SPIN, 24 May 2024
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Noun
One of the people in whom Palmer confided about her marital issues at the time was Caroline, a potter who, along with her builder husband, Phillip, had been living on the Woodstock property and working as a caretaker.
—Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
Next to the stacks of popcorn, across from her potter’s wheel, a child’s kite rests next to a pop-up tent.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
Lucia pottered about, switching on a lamp, putting things away into cupboards, stacking the mugs into a corner.
—Ruby Opalka, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2024
These are the humdrum and human experiences of a man who spent his time simply pottering about.
—Will Ainsley, SPIN, 24 May 2024
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“Potter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potter. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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potter
1 of 2 noun
pot·ter
ˈpät-ər 
: one that makes pottery
Biographical Definition
Potter 1 of 2
biographical name (1)
Pot·ter
ˈpä-tər
Beatrix 1866–1943 British writer and illustrator
Potter
2 of 2biographical name (2)
Paul or Paulus 1625–1654 Dutch painter
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