daffing
AmericanEtymology
Origin of daffing
Example Sentences
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Miss Mary, she would be daffing with him on his return, with a 'How's her leddyship to-day, Dugald?' and he would be in a pleasant vexation at this guessing of what he thought his secret.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil
To his humour of daffing I succumbed, and fell into an extraordinary ease with the world.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart
But I was thinking it was time to be putting an end to her daffing.
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John
Aren’t you the sparky blade, the daffing callant, Naffing and nickering like a three-year-old?
From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson
In a second the little marquis dropped his daffing manner.
From The Duke's Motto A Melodrama by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)
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