Pooter

Pooter
the main character in The Diary of a Nobody. Mr Charles Pooter is a simple and rather boring man who gets into amusing and embarrassing difficulties in his social, family and business life. Awkward social situations, or people who find themselves in them, are sometimes described as Pooterish.

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  • Mr Pooter — ➡ Pooter * * * …   Universalium

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