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One minute, small, squat cars — mostly Fiats — are puttering along on the narrow roads that wind through the countryside.

From New York Times • May 14, 2011

I see those fellows in the laboratories are puttering around just now trying to get the absolute zero of temperature—say, Henry got it, and he don't know a thing about chemistry.

From The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation by Wilson, Harry Leon

"Yes," he went on curtly, "you annoy me; I can't write while you are puttering around, and I'm always afraid you'll disturb some of my papers."

From The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South by Dixon, Thomas