daffing
English
Etymology
daff + -ing
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑːfɪŋ
Noun
daffing (usually uncountable, plural daffings)
- (Scotland) Fun; merrymaking.
- 1886, James Orchard Halliwell, “Fourteenth Class: Love and Matrimony: CCCCXLI”, in The Nursery Rhymes of England:
- Willy, Willy Wilkin,
Kissed the maids a-milking,
Fa, la, la!
And with his merry daffing,
He set them all a laughing.
Ha, ha, ha!
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