gad
verb (used without object)
to move restlessly or aimlessly from one place to another.
gadder
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a word derived from
gad.
Example Sentences
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And the play offers effective social comedy through such types as a tart matriarch or a hen-brained gadder, or through the assorted disturbances caused by the returning beau.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not that Kate was a gadder about or a gossip, but she was sleeveless, dawdling, and dreamy, and always behindhand.
From True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best by D. A. Helm
Speaking again of “experience essential but not necessary,” it was a gadder who observed to a fellow traveler in the smoker: “It is not only customary, but we have been doing it right along.”
From The So-called Human Race by Bert Leston Taylor
Boy, you come sneakin' round to-morrow night when dat yeh stew'd done gone to bed, an' Ah'll jest gadder you up a piece of pie f'om Cap'n's table—yass, sah!
From The Mutineers by Charles Boardman Hawes
All de ol' folks stay and help gadder dat crop.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration
