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woolgatherings

woolgatherings is the plural of woolgathering.

Meaning of woolgathering

Noun

woolgathering (usually uncountable, plural woolgatherings)

  1. (usually) The gathering of fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc.
  2. (usually) Indulgence in idle fancies or daydreams.
    • [while fishing] Alone with my tin of bait and my wool-gatherings, I was in a world of my own, localized and satisfying as such world always are.1938, Siegfried Sassoon, The Old Century and seven more years, London: Faber, page 109 (1968 edition)

Questions about woolgatherings

What is woolgatherings the plural of?
Woolgatherings is the plural of woolgathering.

Words near woolgatherings in the dictionary

  1. woolgather
  2. woolgathered
  3. woolgatherer
  4. woolgatherers
  5. woolgathering
  6. woolgatherings
  7. woolgathers
  8. Woolgoolga
  9. woolgrader
  10. woolgraders
  11. woolgrass

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