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n. Gathering fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc.

n. Indulging in idle fancies or daydreams.

adj. Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful.

n. Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design.

n. The act of gathering wool: usually applied figuratively to the indulgence of idle fancies or to any foolish or fruitless pursuit.

n. an idle indulgence in fantasy

adj. dreamy in mood or nature

"Perpetual regret well describes the mood of the speakers in "Great House," and at times their stories recede into sloughs of forlorn woolgathering."

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