A slow, quiet man, of little or no education, he Pottered about and looked after things in general.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
He used to pull his pony and cart into the hedge or bank by the roadside, and leave them there an unconscionable time, while he Pottered about the back doors of his customers, offering the articles that he had brought with him, or trying to obtain orders for other articles that he would bring next week; and although apparently so shy himself, no bruskness in others ever seemed to rebuff him.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
For fifteen years she had "Pottered around," as old Thompson said, and made her brother's home a pleasant one.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe