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daffing

[ daf-ing ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.
  1. silliness; playful behavior; merriment;
  2. Archaic. insanity.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of daffing1

First recorded in 1525–35; daff 1 + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

"I was never even asked after," she complained to her son, "and Dora kept them all of two hours—such ignorance of social customs—and I could hear them talking and singing like a crowd of daffing young people."

There’s no a soul on the hill but you and me and thae daffing and drinking gypsies.

And with his merry daffing, He set them all a laughing.

"I think your father was 'at the horn' mair nor yince himsel', mither," said I, remembering certain daffing talk of my father's.

Mary Hope," he used to say to her in his daffing way, "your scones are better than your father's law.

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