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pot⋅ter

2  [pot-er]
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–verb (used without object), noun Chiefly British.
putter 1 .
Origin:
1520–30; freq. of obs., dial. pote to push, poke, ME poten, OE potian to push, thrust. See put, -er 6

Related forms:
pot⋅ter⋅er, noun
pot⋅ter⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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potter  (v.)
1530, "to poke again and again," frequentative of obsolete poten "to push, poke," from O.E. potian "to push" (see put). Sense of "occupy oneself in a trifling way" is first recorded 1740.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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