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Examples of woolgathering
woolgathering
Do you remember the chore-based thoughts, the woolgathering, the quotidian speculations?
From the sfgate.com
It's one of those woolgathering days that we all need from time to time.
From the suntimes.com
For decades Australian cinema, like the country itself, led the world in woolgathering.
From the time.com
Idea sessions can easily dissolve into wandering and woolgathering.
From the forbes.com
Note that all this woolgathering isn't some roundabout way of excusing Apple's atrocious Maps app.
From the techcrunch.com
Going into last weekend, the former woolgathering champ was hitting .325, second best in the league.
From the time.com
The little chores offer more opportunity for woolgathering, and before you know it you have greens for the table.
From the washingtonpost.com
Mr. Cavenaugh's Tony, a former member of the territorial Jets gang, has a goofy, woolgathering and slightly shy side that helps explain his subsequent ill-advised behavior.
From the theater2.nytimes.com
- An idle indulgence in fantasy
- Dreamy: dreamy in mood or nature; "a woolgathering moment"
- (woolgather) dream: have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
- Woolgathering is a book by Patti Smith, published in 1992.
- Gathering fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc; Indulging in idle fancies or daydreams
- Although woolgathering has come to mean "daydreaming," this seems unfair to woolgatherers, who from all accounts tend not to be slackers but idlers. See: STARGAZER.
- The frugal practice of collecting stray clumps of wool from the branches and brambles of a sheep pasture for spinning, etc. Today the term usually means to daydream.
- Absent-mindedness; day-dreaming; unrealistic thoughts.
