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Wasting time, doing nothing in particular. Also, can mean finding idle tasks to do while wasting time. Comparable to dilly-dallying. > I'm just faffing about until lunch time. > _or_ > - What are you doing there, working…

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  1. Wasting time, doing nothing in particular. Also, can mean finding idle tasks to do while wasting time. Comparable to dilly-dallying. > I'm just faffing about until lunch time. > _or_ > - What are you doing there, working? > - Nah, I'm just faffing about.