woolgather
See also: wool-gather
English edit
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Etymology edit
Back-formation from woolgathering.
Verb edit
woolgather (third-person singular simple present woolgathers, present participle woolgathering, simple past and past participle woolgathered)
- To daydream.
- 1911, H.G. Wells, The Door in the Wall:
- I had bad times after that—crying at night and woolgathering by day. For two terms I slackened and had bad reports.