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 + fly²

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Examples from the Web for shoo-fly

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

Word Origin and History for shoo-fly

shoo-fly

interj.

admonition to a pest, by 1867 (in baseball slang), from shoo (v.) + fly (n.). Popularized by a Dan Bryant minstrel song c.1870, which launched it as a catch-phrase that, according to H.L. Mencken, "afflicted the American people for at least two years." Shoo-fly pie is attested from 1935.