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View synonyms for pother
pother
[ poth-er ]
noun
- commotion; uproar.
- a heated discussion, debate, or argument; fuss; to-do.
- a choking or suffocating cloud, as of smoke or dust.
verb (used with or without object)
- to worry; bother.
pother
/ ˈpɒðə /
noun
- a commotion, fuss, or disturbance
- a choking cloud of smoke, dust, etc
verb
- to make or be troubled or upset
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pother1
First recorded in 1585–95; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pother1
C16: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences
The besotted world is not worth the pother this foolish young married woman makes over it.
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There has indeed been a great deal of pother of late over the virtue and temper of "rural-minded people."
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There was another bad manitou at the mouth of Superior Bay, where conflicting currents make a pother of waters.
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"He is working out that passage in the Politics that your tutor makes such a pother about," said the other.
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I shall just go right on without any more pother, and put a date now and then when it is very particular.
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