daffodowndilly
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌdæfədaʊnˈdɪli/
Noun
daffodowndilly (plural daffodowndillies)
- (informal) the daffodil.
- 1911, Margaret Deland, The Iron Woman, page 15:
- She had put a daffodowndilly behind each ear, and twisted a dandelion chain around her neck.
- 1932, Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm
- ye might as soon send the white hawthorn or the yellow daffodowndilly to school as my Elfine.
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