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
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How to use shoofly in a sentence
Nor, suhree, Shoo Fly say, he done got his full er big fokes!
Bypaths in Dixie | Sarah Johnson CockeCurtain falls, and Baker wakes up to lead his orchestra through the mazes of "Shoo Fly."
She means to avenge herself by reading the Nation to him, or by singing Shoo-fly.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 | VariousShoo-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. MenckenPhil, in response to this request, played and sang "Shoo Fly!"
Phil the Fiddler | Horatio Alger, Jr.
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