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daffadowndilly

American

[daf-uh-doun-dil-ee] / ˌdæf əˌdaʊnˈdɪl i /

Or daffodowndilly

noun

Chiefly British Dialect.

plural

daffadowndillies

daffodil.

Etymology

Origin of daffadowndilly

First recorded in 1565–75; by alteration

Example Sentences

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Diaphenia like the daffadowndilly, White as the sun, fair as the lily, Heigh ho, how do I love thee!

From The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Palgrave, Francis Turner

Diaphenia like the daffadowndilly, White as the sun, fair as the lily, Heigh ho, how I do love thee!

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

The playful elaboration daffadowndilly is as old as Spenser.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

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