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fooster: tags: [ireland] [rare]

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Definition:

hurry, flurry, fluster, great fuss. Irish fústar, same sound and meaning.

P.W. Joyce. English As We Speak It in Ireland (1910)
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(Ireland, intransitive) To bustle about in a purposeless way; fidget.

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Then Tommy jumped about elate,

Tremendous was his fooster—O;

Says he, "I'll send a message straight

To my darling Mr. Brewster—O!

Repeal Song of 1843.

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What is he foostering over that change for?

James Joyce. Ulysses

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