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Daff   Listen
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Daff  v. i.  To act foolishly; to be foolish or sportive; to toy. (Scot.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Daff" Quotes from Famous Books



... gang o'er the lea rig, My ain kind dearie, O! And cuddle there fu' kindly Wi' me, my kind dearie, O! At thorny bush, or birken tree, We 'll daff and never weary, O! They 'll scug ill een frae you and me, ...
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. - The Songs of Scotland of the past half century • Various

... again crossed the bridge before spoken of, and held our course towards the house of Gideon Kemp's wife's stepmother. But it was not ordained that I was yet to enjoy the protection of a raftered dwelling; for just as we came to the Daff-burn, down the glen of which my godly guide was mindet to conduct me, as being a less observable way than the open road, he saw one of Ardgowan's men coming towards us, and that family being of the progeny of the Stuarts, were ...
— Ringan Gilhaize - or The Covenanters • John Galt



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