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Definition of faff around
faff around
verb
- to spend time on a non-productive activity; "waste time". Also faff, faff about. British slang.
Citation from "The joy of simply faffing around", The Guardian, Tom Hodgkinson, 13 August 2008 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).
Last edited on Jun 04 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 02 2010.
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Other terms relating to 'faff': | |
| Definitions include: to spend time on a non-productive activity; "waste time". | |
| Definitions include: to spend time on a non-productive activity; "waste time". | |
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