shoofly
(s̸ho̵̅o̅′flī′)☆
noun
Origin:
< 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.
Origin:
said to be so named from attracting flies which must be shooed away
an open pie with a filling of molasses and brown sugar
See shoofly in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun- A child's rocker having the seat built between two flat sides cut in the shape of an animal.
- Slang An undercover police officer who checks on the honesty and performance of other police officers.