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- noun Plural form of
fretter .
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Examples
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It occurred to me that Walt Whitman must have meant didactic letters too, when he said of the fretters of our little world, "They make me sick talking of their duty to God."
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National survival does not, despite what the fretters say, seem imperilled.
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National survival does not, despite what the fretters say, seem imperilled.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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Some econo-fretters hold out hope that reduced imports and the weaker dollar — both likely byproducts of a recession — will help close the trade deficit.
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We have a name for these chronic fretters: worrywarts.
You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008
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We have a name for these chronic fretters: worrywarts.
You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008
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Civil libertarians and privacy-fretters think Bush needs a warrant from the special court created to authorize wiretapping in cases of national security.
January 2006 2006
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But the fretters can rest easy, because the online option doesn't seem to be cannibalizing television--at least not yet, anyway.
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Reality-TV offerings may have legions of both followers and fretters, but there's no denying that the original idea of milking our voyeuristic inclinations was really quite innovative.
U.K. Faces Of The Week, Feb. 13-17 Forbes.com staff 2006
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Reality-TV offerings may have legions of both followers and fretters but there's no denying that the original idea of milking our voyeuristic inclinations was really quite innovative.
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