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1   [daf]
verb (used without object) Scot. and North England.
to make sport; dally; play.
Origin:
1525–35; v. use of daff (obsolete) a fool, Middle English daffe (noun); see daft

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daff

2   [daf]
verb (used with object)
1.
Archaic. to turn or thrust aside.
2.
Obsolete. to doff.
Origin:
1590–1600; alteration of doff
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daff1 (dæf)
 
—n
informal short for daffodil

daff2 (dɑːf)
 
—vb
chiefly (Scot) (intr) to frolic; play the fool
 
[C16: from obsolete daff fool, of uncertain origin]

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