shoofly

[ shoo-flahy ]

noun,plural shoo·flies.

a child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals.

Origin of shoofly

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; shoo + fly¹

Nor, suhree, Shoo Fly say, he done got his full er big fokes!
Bypaths in Dixie | Sarah Johnson Cocke
Curtain falls, and Baker wakes up to lead his orchestra through the mazes of "Shoo Fly."
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 5, April 30, 1870 | Various
She means to avenge herself by reading the Nation to him, or by singing Shoo-fly.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 | Various
Shoo-fly afflicted the American people for at least two years, and "I don't think" and aber nit quite as long.
The American Language | Henry L. Mencken
Phil, in response to this request, played and sang "Shoo Fly!"
Phil the Fiddler | Horatio Alger, Jr.

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