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daisy roots

daisy roots noun: boots or other footwear.

Noun

daisy roots pl (plural only)

  1. (Cockney, plural, plural-only, slang) Boots or other footwear

Origin of daisy roots

Derives from a simile between daisies (the roots of which are hard to eradicate) and boots which are hard to take off. It is referred to in the traditional song "My Old Man's a Dustman" recorded by Lonnie Donegan during the 1950s: "he's got such a job to pull them off that 'e calls them daisy roots".

Questions about daisy roots

What does daisy roots mean?
Daisy roots means boots or other footwear.
What part of speech is daisy roots?
Daisy roots is a noun.

Words near daisy roots in the dictionary

  1. daisy cutter
  2. daisy cutters
  3. daisy dukes
  4. daisy fleabane
  5. Daisy Hill
  6. daisy roots
  7. daisy wheel
  8. daisy wheel printer
  9. daisy wheel printers
  10. daisy wheels
  11. daisy-chain

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