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Definition of pother
1a : a confused or fidgety flurry of activity : commotionb : agitated talk or controversy usually over a trivial matter
2 : a choking cloud of dust or smoke
3 : mental turmoil
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Examples of pother in a Sentence
always in a pother over the state of her garden
the pother of city traffic that commuters face every day
Recent Examples of pother from the Web
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Back to business after a month of neglecting the words of the week while addressing one pother after another.
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Origin and Etymology of pother
origin unknown
pother
Definition of pother
pothered
;pothering
play \ˈpä-thə-riŋ, ˈpäth-riŋ\transitive verb
: to put into a pother
intransitive verb
: to be in a pother
First Known Use of pother
1692
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