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Pooter — /pooˈtər/ noun A petit bourgeois, conventional and unimaginative ORIGIN: Charles Pooter in Diary of a Nobody (1892), by G and W Grossmith • • • Pooˈterish adjective Pooˈterism noun … Useful english dictionary
pooter — /pooˈtər/ noun An entomological collecting bottle into which small arthropods are introduced by suction ORIGIN: Ety obscure … Useful english dictionary
Pooter — A pooter (sometimes, usually by Americans, referred to as an aspirator) is a device used in the collection of insects, crustaceans or other small, fragile organisms, usually for scientific purposes.Such devices are most commonly used by… … Wikipedia
Pooter — Poo|ter, Mr the main character in the humorous book The Diary of a Nobody (1892). Mr Pooter is a very ordinary man, and he describes his daily life in the book. He is sometimes not sure about the socially correct way to behave, and he often makes … Dictionary of contemporary English
pooter — Short for computer Me: Heeeey, watcha doin ? Claire: I m on the pooter! … Dictionary of american slang
pooter — Short for computer Me: Heeeey, watcha doin ? Claire: I m on the pooter! … Dictionary of american slang
pooter — noun A glass jar used for collecting small insects etc; it has two tubes, one (protected by a gauze) which is sucked, the other up which the insect is drawn … Wiktionary
pooter — Computer … Glossary of chat acronyms & text shorthand
pooter — Noun. Computer. Also poota. Late 1990s … English slang and colloquialisms
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