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Definition of Dafties
1. daftie [n] - See also: daftie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dafties
Literary usage of Dafties
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"I hear again the braying of the military music, see those cohorts of serious
dafties coming up endlessly one after another, and, in the center, ..."
2. Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the by William Scott (1789)
"... dafties of light which adorn the clouds of the morning and evening. When I am
loft among the green trees, 1 do not envy a great man with a great crowd ..."
3. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1758)
"... dafties cf loyalty to the beft of princes, which •we hope, will operate to
the author's advantage. ..."
4. Mental Deficiency (amentia) by Alfred Frank Tredgold (1922)
"It is probable that most moderate-sized villages possess at least one of these "
softies," " naturals," " dafties," or " not ..."
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