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WOOLGATHERING

\wˈʊlɡɐðəɹɪŋ], \wˈʊlɡɐðəɹɪŋ], \w_ˈʊ_l_ɡ_ɐ_ð_ə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]\

Definitions of WOOLGATHERING

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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an idle indulgence in fantasy

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

an idle indulgence in fantasy

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Idle dreaming.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Any trivial or purposeless employment; idle, wandering reverie; also used as adjective or adverb.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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