shoofly
shoofly
Definition
☆ shoo·fly (s̸ho̵̅o̅′flī′)
noun
Etymology: < phr. shoo, fly, don't bother me, in a Civil War nonsense song
Historical a kind of shuffling dance- a child's rocker with a seat mounted between supports typically designed in the form of horses, swans, etc.
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
Browse dictionary entries near shoofly
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- shoot
- shoot at
- shoot'em-up
- shoot off one's mouth
- shoot the bull
- shoot-the-chute
- shoot up
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