daffodowndilly

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdæfədaʊnˈdɪli/

Noun

daffodowndilly (plural daffodowndillies)

1. (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.