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shoofly

[ shoo-flahy ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural shoo·flies.

a child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals.

Origin of shoofly¹

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

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.

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.

"I want you to perform a wedding ceremony at the Shoofly Church to-night at seven o'clock," the sheriff announced.

At seven o'clock that evening the Flournoy automobile conveyed the happy pair to the Shoofly Church.

Shoofly is a girl, but Mis' Poteet didn't fool us this time.

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