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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(Ireland, intransitive) To bustle about in a purposeless way; fidget..
"Ony if he wouldn't spind so much time foosthering about with thim little hins, bad luck to thim, that lays an igg no bigger than a marble," she added plaintively, as the trio started down the village street.
"Speaking of which—" Fionn starts foostering in the pocket of his manky old jacket—"I've probably got something for you."
Use fooster when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fooster means (Ireland, intransitive) To bustle about in a purposeless way; fidget..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"Ony if he wouldn't spind so much time foosthering about with thim little hins, bad luck to thim, that lays an igg no bigger than a marble," she added plaintively, as the trio started down the village street.
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