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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
faff .
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Examples
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Weirdy-Beardy mumbles his assent, then turns a very bright shade of pink and faffs self-consciously with his gerbil microphone.
Confetti Confidential Holly McQueen 2010
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Weirdy-Beardy mumbles his assent, then turns a very bright shade of pink and faffs self-consciously with his gerbil microphone.
Confetti Confidential Holly McQueen 2010
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The whiny, nagging wife who clearly just Does Not Get “masculine” things like driving, who faffs around and never shuts up.
BRIDGESTONE TIRES SAY, “SHUT THE HELL UP, WOMAN!” » Sociological Images 2009
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Expectant crowd. early saturday evening who are made to stand and wait for 30-40 mins while the "ArchDrood" faffs about behind a curtain / sheet obscuring the stage.
Word Magazine - Comments higginsonm 2009
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Gerrard whips in a head-me-please cross but Dirk Kuyt, who hasn't scored in 11 games, totally faffs his lines.
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* faffs about with the speaker phone button, which doesn't work*
I am crap. onlyemma 2006
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∞ on the other hand, it'd be interesting to muse upon the thought that while country A faffs around figuring out whether all believe or not before actually doing anything about it, countries B to Z plus institutions 1 to 15 take steps to observe, identify and respond to the changes
FriendFeed - georgeh 2010
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