shoofly

[ shoo-flahy ]
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noun,plural shoo·flies.
  1. a child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals.

Origin of shoofly

1
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; shoo + fly1

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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 Daviess
  • Then 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 Abdullah
  • At seven o'clock that evening the Flournoy automobile conveyed the happy pair to the shoofly Church.

    The Ten-foot Chain | Achmed Abdullah
  • shoofly is a girl, but Mis' Poteet didn't fool us this time.

    Rose of Old Harpeth | Maria Thompson Daviess