fool away
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She wants me to come to Baltimore and help her fool away lots more time on a house-boat!
From Dorothy on a House Boat by Raymond, Evelyn
“A man that knows enough to teach school oughtn’t fool away his time on sheep.”
From The Flockmaster of Poison Creek by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)
She had no time to fool away, she let it be known.
From Carl and the Cotton Gin by Bassett, Sara Ware
Here is a bravery now would make a man Forswear all gallantry! to fool away Your life thus in a humour!—
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert
The starter won't fool away much time with those ... there they go now!
From Old Man Curry Race Track Stories by Van Loan, Charles E. (Charles Emmett)
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