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wool⋅gath⋅er⋅ing

  [wool-gath-er-ing]
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–noun
1. indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
2. gathering of the tufts of wool shed by sheep and caught on bushes.
Origin:
1545–55; wool + gathering
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wool⋅gath⋅er

  [wool-gath-er]
–verb (used without object)
to engage in woolgathering.
Origin:
1840–50; by back formation from woolgathering

Related forms:
wool⋅gath⋅er⋅er, noun
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wool·gath·er   (wŏŏl'gāth'ər)   
intr.v.   wool·gath·ered, wool·gath·er·ing, wool·gath·ers
To engage in fanciful daydreaming.
wool'gath'er·er n.
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Word Origin & History

woolgathering 
1553, "indulging in wandering fancies and purposeless thinking," from the lit. meaning "gathering fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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