I'm retired: sort of a gapeseed, a daydreamer, you know.

D.Keith Mano, Take Five, 1982


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gapeseed

[geyp-seed, gap-]  

• Word Origin

noun, British Dialect

1.

a daydream or reverie.

2.

an idealistic, impossible, or unreal plan or goal.

3.

a person who gapes or stares in wonder,especially a rustic or unworldly person who iseasily awed.

4.

something that is gaped at; anything unusual orremarkable.

Idioms

5.

seek /plant /sow gapeseed,

1. to daydream; woolgather.
2. to plan, strive, or wish for impossible or unrealgoals.

Origin

1590-1600

1590-1600; gape + seed