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Definition of Daftest
1. daft [adj] - See also: daft
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daftest
Literary usage of Daftest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"Of things : " They're the daftest things a child can have, to play with " (Mrs.
R—, of some keys, Oct. 30, 1891). Var. dial. Dawd. Slice. ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1889)
"... parcel of the daftest whims that ever were invented to make mischief in this
world." He turned again upon his daughter, still with those flashing eyes, ..."
3. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne by Adolphus William Ward (1899)
"... who is seeking a remedy by law against the exactions imposed upon him by
clerical hands, for he is, as Diligence informs him, 'The daftest ..."
4. The Heart of Mid-Lothian by Walter Scott (1878)
"I often tell him he's the daftest in a' the house. But what are they making sic
a skirling for ? Deil ane o' them's get in here—it wadna be ..."
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