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Definition of Shoofly

1. Noun. An undercover police officer who investigates other policemen.

2. Noun. A child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat sides that are shaped to resemble an animal (such as a swan or duck).

Definition of Shoofly

1. Noun. A child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shoofly

1. a child's rocker [n -FLIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoofly

shonkily shonkiness shonky shoo shoo-fly pie shoo-in shoo-ins shoo away shoo fly shoo off

shoobie shoobies shood shooed shooflies shoofly (current term) shoofly pie shoofti shoogie shoogied

shoogies shoogle shoogled shoogles shooglier shoogling shoogly shooi shooing shook

Literary usage of Shoofly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1897)
"Another way is to build around the break what is called a "shoofly" (Fig. 225). This is very often done, but it is not advisable except in extreme cases, ..."

2. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1897)
"Another way is to build around the break what is called a "shoofly" (Fig. 225). This is very often done, but it is not advisable except in extreme eases, ..."

3. The Imperial Valley and the Salton Sink by Harry Thomas Cory, William Phipps Blake (1915)
"shoofly No. 11 is 39 miles long, and follows the —200-ft. contour, being determined oh when the ... When the second break occurred, shoofly No. ..."

4. The Copper Resources of California: Issued by the California State Mining by Lewis E. Aubury (1908)
"The shoofly Copper Mine.—The shoofly deposit occurs partly on a high-grade, gravelly bench on the north bank of Indian Creek, which here has cut its way ..."

5. American Police Administration: A Handbook on Police Organization and by Elmer Diedrich Graper (1921)
"Naturally this method of discipline, frequently called the " shoofly " system has aroused the hostility of the force, and because it looks so much like ..."

6. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1901)
"Another way is to build around the break what is called a "shoofly" (Fig. 225). This is very often done, but it is not advisable except in extreme cases, ..."

7. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1901)
"Another way is to build around the break what is called a "shoofly" (Fig. ... or a "shoofly" is put in, and it can be filled by work train or steam shovel. ..."

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