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daffings

daffings is the plural of daffing.

Meaning of daffing

Noun

daffing (usually uncountable, plural daffings)

  1. (Scotland, usually) Fun; merrymaking.
    • 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!1886, James Orchard Halliwell, “Fourteenth Class: Love and Matrimony: CCCCXLI”, in The Nursery Rhymes of England

Questions about daffings

What is daffings the plural of?
Daffings is the plural of daffing.

Words near daffings in the dictionary

  1. daffiest
  2. daffily
  3. Daffin
  4. daffiness
  5. daffing
  6. daffings
  7. Daffins
  8. daffish
  9. daffock
  10. daffocks
  11. daffodil

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