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faffery

faffery noun: faffing about; unproductive wasting of time.

Noun

faffery (uncountable)

  1. (UK, slang) faffing about; unproductive wasting of time
    • However, they were in my way and I had no time for such faffery.2014, Oli Jacobs, Strange Days in High Wycombe, page 65

Origin of faffery

From faff + -ery.

Questions about faffery

What does faffery mean?
Faffery means faffing about; unproductive wasting of time.
What part of speech is faffery?
Faffery is a noun.

Words near faffery in the dictionary

  1. faffed
  2. faffed about
  3. faffed around
  4. faffer
  5. faffers
  6. faffery
  7. faffier
  8. faffiest
  9. faffing
  10. faffing about
  11. faffing around

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