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fiddle-footed

American  
[fid-l-foot-id] / ˈfɪd lˌfʊt ɪd /

adjective

Informal.
  1. restlessly wandering.


Etymology

Origin of fiddle-footed

First recorded in 1945–50

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Harvard-educated Stephen Becker, 39, is a fiddle-footed traveler with a facile pen.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the daughter and second child of an unsuccessful and fiddle-footed land speculator, she grew up with no settled home.

From Time Magazine Archive

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