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shoo·fly (s̸ho̵̅o̅flī′)

noun

  1. Etymology: < phr. shoo, fly, don't bother me, in a Civil War nonsense song

    Historical a kind of shuffling dance
  2. a child's rocker with a seat mounted between supports typically designed in the form of horses, swans, etc.
  3. Etymology: said to be so named from attracting flies which must be shooed away

    an open pie with a filling of molasses and brown sugar

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