Crossword-Solution: PUTTERED
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Puttered | imp. & p. p. | of Putter |
We have 4 clues for the answer “PUTTERED”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Busied (oneself) ineffectively. | 1 answer |
| Wasted the golf pro's time? | 1 answer |
| Worked about casually | 1 answer |
| Tinkered | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERTAE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PUTTERED (5)
The old man lived in one of the unpainted sheds back of the farmhouse and puttered about all day in the fields.
Everywhere else, except in Cyril's domain, Pete dusted and swept and “puttered” to his heart's content.
Later she helped grandpa hoe the cabbages, and afterward “puttered around” with grandma in the flower-garden.
Hong was a marvellous cook; Hong cared beautifully for all his domain; and Little Hong took care of the horses, puttered in the garden, swept, and washed windows.
She had fumed and fussed and puttered and toiled over the care of these four rooms for so long that it seemed unbelievable that her place might be vacated even for a day.
Quotes with PUTTERED (3)
After finishing my breakfast, I puttered around for the next hour and tried not to think about Daniel. I glared at the chair in the middle of the back room as if he were still perched in it, shirtless with that shit-eating grin plastered across his goddamned face. Once, I almost sat in the chair — after carefully locking the door, of course, so no one would accidentally wander in and find me with my nose pressed to the leather, trying to see if it still smelled like him. And …
In New York, I would walk down shadowy sidewalks dreaming of the openness of central Ohio, yearning for roads flanked by fields, for their freedom and isolation. These roads cradled me. I realized this now. I’d been trying to hate Ohio, because it was so hard to be at home. But the land had actually always been there for me all along. As a child, the moon had lit my room on sad nights. I’d wandered cornfields and puttered around at Lehman’s Pond. Those were some of my best childhood memories.
During my pre-college years, I went on many trips with my father into the oil fields to visit their operations. On Saturday mornings, I often went with him to visit the company shop. I puttered around the machine, electronics, and automobile shops while he carried on his business.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1964–2003).