putter

putter is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like. [Prov. Eng.]
  2. 2.To act inefficiently or idly; to trifle; to potter.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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