'To buy gapeseed' definitions:

Definition of 'To buy gapeseed'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.]