daffing

English

Etymology

daff +‎ -ing

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɑːfɪŋ

Noun

daffing (usually uncountable, plural daffings)

  1. (Scotland) Fun; merrymaking.
    • 1886, James Orchard Halliwell, “Fourteenth Class: Love and Matrimony: CCCCXLI”, in The Nursery Rhymes of England:
      Willy, Willy Wilkin,
      Kissed the maids a-milking,
      Fa, la, la!
      And with his merry daffing,
      He set them all a laughing.
      Ha, ha, ha!
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