daffing
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noun Scot. and North England.
merriment; playful behavior; foolishness.
Archaic. insanity.
Origin of daffing
daff
1[daf]
verb (used without object) Scot. and North England.
Origin of daff
1daff
2[daf]
verb (used with object)
Origin of daff
2First recorded in 1590–1600; alteration of doff
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Historical Examples of daffing
Is there any reason to refrain from laughing and daffing while at that work?
An Orkney MaidAmelia Edith Huddleston Barr
I hae had mony a day's daffing wi' Jean's mither, and they say she bides on wi' them.
Bride of LammermoorSir Walter Scott
It was just daffing, I tell ye: daffing, and nae mair: a piece of fun, like!
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXIRobert Louis Stevenson
This was the more characteristic, as, for all his daffing, he was a modest and very polite little fellow among ourselves.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston EditionRobert Louis Stevenson
One of our chief times of daffing was when he required a horse, another bottle, or some money.
The Master of BallantraeRobert Louis Stevenson
daff
1noun
daff
2verb
Word Origin for daff
C16: from obsolete daff fool, of uncertain origin
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