"daft laddie question" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: daft laddie questions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=daft laddie question}} daft laddie question (plural daft laddie questions)
  1. (Scotland, Northern England) A question posed to a group by a person feigning stupidity with the aim of making sure all aspects of a subject have been considered. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland Related terms: Socratic irony Coordinate_terms: daft lassie question, devil's advocate

Inflected forms

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          "text": "I'm not immersed in Junior football history, and though I've grown to love it over the years I feel I'm missing a lot of stuff that everyone just seems to know. So I thought the off season was a good time to ask my daft laddie questions. -- Forum post 17/06/2017"
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