pother
Americannoun
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commotion; uproar.
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a heated discussion, debate, or argument; fuss; to-do.
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a choking or suffocating cloud, as of smoke or dust.
verb (used with or without object)
noun
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a commotion, fuss, or disturbance
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a choking cloud of smoke, dust, etc
verb
Etymology
Origin of pother
First recorded in 1585–95; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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Bedrock facts beneath the billows of press pother last week about the Gold Standard: France.
From Time Magazine Archive
As usual, there is a pother about the new-rules and an argument as to how they shall be interpreted.
From Time Magazine Archive
The colonel's statement threw the Pentagon into a pother.
From Time Magazine Archive
Let the great Gods, that keep this dreadful pother o'er our heads, find out their enemies now.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bone of contention which all this pother was about.
From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Marsh, Richard
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