"woolgathering" meaning in English

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        "The gathering of fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc."
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          "ref": "1938, Siegfried Sassoon, The Old Century and seven more years, London: Faber, page 109 (1968 edition):",
          "text": "[while fishing] Alone with my tin of bait and my wool-gatherings, I was in a world of my own, localized and satisfying as such world always are.",
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        "Indulgence in idle fancies or daydreams."
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          "roman": "zaplesnatost",
          "sense": "Indulgence in daydreams",
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          "word": "заплеснатост"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Indulgence in daydreams",
          "word": "haaveilu"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "Indulgence in daydreams",
          "word": "unelmointi"
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      "sense": "Indulgence in daydreams",
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      "sense": "Indulgence in daydreams",
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