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woolgathering


  • n  an idle indulgence in fantasy
  • v  have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
  • s  dreamy in mood or nature
    a woolgathering moment

  • For decades Australian cinema, like the country itself, led the world in woolgathering.
  • But the urge to think of Shakespeare's people as real dies hard, and woolgathering has its charms, as John Updike wittily demonstrates anew in Gertrude and Claudius (Knopf; 212 .
  • As playwright, he instinctively senses the emotional desires of a woolgathering audience.
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  • Ben Brantley in New York Times
    In a review of "West Side Story" for The New York Times, Ben Brantley wrote that Mr. Cavenaugh "has a goofy, woolgathering and slightly shy side that helps explain his subsequent ill-advised behavior. His singing is more tender, wondering and...

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