Pooterish
/ (ˈpuːtərɪʃ) /
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adjective
characteristic of or resembling the fictional character Pooter, esp in being bourgeois, genteel, or self-important
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Word Origin for Pooterish
C20: from Charles Pooter, the hero of Diary of a Nobody (1892), by George and Weedon Grossmith
Words nearby Pooterish
poor taste, in, poortith, poor white, poor white trash, poor-will, Pooterish, pootle, poove, pop, pop art, Popayán
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