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Woolgathering (noun)
woolgathering [woo l-gath-er-ing]


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.

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Origin: 1545-55; wool + gathering

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