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dai⋅sy

[dey-zee]
–noun, plural -sies.
1. any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
2. Also called daisy ham. a small section of pork shoulder, usually smoked, boned, and weighing from two to four pounds. Compare picnic (def. 3).
3. Slang. someone or something of first-rate quality: That new car is a daisy.
4. a cheddar cheese of cylindrical shape, weighing about 20 pounds.
5. push up daisies, Informal. to be dead and buried.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME dayesye, OE dægesēge the day's eye


daisied, adjective
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daisy

  1. n.
    an excellent thing. (See also doosie.) : I want a daisy of a haircut. Something unusual with bangs or something.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

daisy 
O.E. dægesege, from dæges eage "day's eye," because the petals open at dawn and close at dusk. In M.L. it was solis oculus "sun's eye." Daisy-cutter first attested 1791, originally of horses that trotted with low steps; later of cricket (1889) and baseball hits that skim along the ground. Daisy-chain in the "group sex" sense is attested from 1941. Pushing up daisies "dead" is attested from 1918, but variant with the same meaning go back to 1842.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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