to sow gapeseed

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to sow gapeseed - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gapeseed \Gape"seed`\ (g[=a]p"s[=e]d), n.
     1. Any strange sight. --Wright.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A person who looks or stares gapingly.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     To buy gapeseed, or To sow gapeseed, to stare idly or in
        idle wonderment, instead of attending to business.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]