"shoofly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shooflies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shoofly (plural shooflies)
  1. A child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals. Categories (topical): Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-shoofly-en-noun-pqxRVKv7 Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 42 26 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 29 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 26 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 26 28
  2. (US, railways) A device for throwing the track temporarily to one side for carrying out repairs, etc. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-shoofly-en-noun-3Vh5Rn3X Categories (other): American English Topics: railways, transport
  3. A police officer assigned to keep tabs on other members of the police.
    Sense id: en-shoofly-en-noun-chqoBvSK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shoefly Related terms: shoofly pie

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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