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upsy-daisy

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up⋅sy-dai⋅sy

[uhp-see-dey-zee]
–interjection
(used, as for reassurance, at the moment of lifting a baby up.)


Origin:
1860–65; cf. earlier up-a-daisy, dial. up-a-day, perh. up + (lack)aday, (lack)adaisy; -sy perh. to be identified with -sy
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Main Entry:  upsy-daisy
Part of Speech:  interj
Definition:  an exclamation of surprise or reassurance upon falling or someone else's falling; also called ups-a-daisy, upsadaisy
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Word Origin & History

upsy-daisy 
1711, up-a-daisy, baby talk extension of up.
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