Verb (used without object) : to gad about. From Dictionary.com.
Abhor a person of no imploy, or gadder along the streets; for they are fit for nothing. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple] Reference
Den dey all gadder in de circle an 'fo' dey git dey supply, dey got ta do de pigeon wing. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3] Reference
For if she be a noted reveller, a gadder, a singer, a pranker or dancer, than take heed of her. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
Not that Kate was a gadder about or a gossip, but she was sleeveless, dawdling, and dreamy, and always behindhand. From Wordnik.com. [True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best] Reference
Yesh, yesh, der b Fronschy paestreez four awl, doan wurree UK, iz nebber 2 layte, ai gadder upP teh bes wunz an gib dem 2 u!. From Wordnik.com. [Move? And deprive you - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Wakefielde, a Yorkshire man, who was an hermite, an idle gadder about, and. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds] Reference
"A woman can't keep a house neat and trim like this, and be a social gadder," he observed. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work] Reference
What, you would have her as impudent as yourfelf, as errant a jillflirt, a gadder, a magpie, and, to fay all, a notorious town - woman?. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's British Theatre, Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays...] Reference
The girl must be sixteen, or thereabout, of decent behaviour and tractable, no gadder or lover of finery, healthy, able to read, an early riser, and, if possible, devout. From Wordnik.com. [Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales] Reference
The steward must not be a gadder or a diner-out, but must give all his attention to working the slaves, and considering how best to carry out his master's instructions. From Wordnik.com. [The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - Rome] Reference
The truth is, that I had nobody to fend, having parted with the idle boy I had with me at your houfe j and every day Jofepti has been employed in driving me out: fo great a gadder has the fine weather made me, and fo much better health and fpirits has my journey to the Leafowes given me. From Wordnik.com. [Letters written by the late Right Honourable Lady Luxborough] Reference
She's got sense and she ain't a gadder, and would rather work than play, same as me. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Torch and Other Tales] Reference
Rise up, gadder roun. From Wordnik.com. [emo wall is sad - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
You know I am no common gadder, nor have oft troubled you with travell. ". From Wordnik.com. [In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc] Reference
Here Mishder Twine, to gadder breat. From Wordnik.com. [The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X)] Reference
Should be gadder crops wit fish-net. From Wordnik.com. [Little Caribou Makes Big Talk] Reference
Rowlin’s tun he gadder no must. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
"Hey, youse plugs, gadder 'round here and lamp. From Wordnik.com. [The She Boss A Western Story] Reference
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