(Ireland, intransitive) To bustle about in a purposeless way; fidget.
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(Ireland, intransitive) To rummage; to engage in inept activity; to noodle.
: "Ony if he wouldn't spind so much time foosthering about with thim little hins, bad luck to thim, that lays an igg no bigger than a marble," she added plaintively, as the trio started down the village street.
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(Ireland) A confused hurry; bustle.
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