daffing

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

daff +‎ -ing

Pronunciation[edit]

Rhymes: -ɑːfɪŋ

Noun[edit]

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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