shoofly
[ shoo-flahy ]
noun,plural shoo·flies.
a child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals.
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How to use shoofly in a sentence
Filling the cup swiftly, she lifted the youngster in her arms and came over to sit in the door beside shoofly at Everett's feet.
Rose of Old Harpeth | Maria Thompson DaviessThen Mis' Poteet she cried the top of shoofly's head so soaking wet it give her a sneeze, and we all had to laugh.
Rose of Old Harpeth | Maria Thompson Daviess"I want you to perform a wedding ceremony at the shoofly Church to-night at seven o'clock," the sheriff announced.
The Ten-foot Chain | Achmed AbdullahAt seven o'clock that evening the Flournoy automobile conveyed the happy pair to the shoofly Church.
The Ten-foot Chain | Achmed Abdullahshoofly is a girl, but Mis' Poteet didn't fool us this time.
Rose of Old Harpeth | Maria Thompson Daviess
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