shoofly

shoofly
noun
1. an undercover police officer who investigates other policemen
• Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism
• Hypernyms: ↑policeman, ↑police officer, ↑officer
2. 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)
• Hypernyms: ↑rocking chair, ↑rocker

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: shoo (I) + fly
1. : a child's rocker having the seat built on or usually between supports representing an animal figure (as of a duck or swans)

a swan shoofly

a shoofly hobby horse

2.
a. : a wild indigo (Baptisia tinctoria)
3.
a. : a temporary track laid on the ground or on cribwork at one side of a railroad line to permit trains to pass an obstruction in that line
b. : a temporary road (as an access road) used during completion of a construction project
4.
a. : a policeman usually in plain clothes detailed to watch or investigate other policemen

shoofly squad

b. : a foreman in the postal service who checks on carriers and drivers
5. : a long-fingered device in some cylinder presses for freeing the printed sheet from the cylinder for delivery

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/shooh"fluy'/, n., pl. shooflies.
a child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals.
[1860-65, Amer.; SHOO + FLY2]

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shooˈfly noun (US)
A child's toy, a rocker consisting of a seat with end boards shaped and painted like animals
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Main Entry: ↑shoo

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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