Messer-abouter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Messer-abouter is a noun meaning (rare) One who messes about.
Meaning
(rare) One who messes about.
Example Sentences
He’s a gypsy, a wanderer, a general messer-abouter, here today and gone tomorrow and God only knows where the day after.
Alan: It’s obvious really isn’t it? If you haven’t got nothing [no qualifications] you’re going to be a ‘messer-abouter’ really.
To find out more we travelled west to Manchester, venue for the second annual Jamboree – a festival of educators, makers and messer-abouters focussed on highlighting how engaging the Pi can be.
From Sussex in the UK came a ‘memo to the great heartless transplanter. Well done, Messer-abouter. Transplanting pays you, does it not? If not, by good results, it does pay you from the money viewpoint?’
Word Forms
- messer-abouters
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