Definition of Shoo Fly in English :

Define Shoo Fly in English

Shoo Fly meaning in English

Meaning of Shoo Fly in English

Pronunciation of Shoo Fly in English

Shoo Fly pronunciation in English

Pronounce Shoo Fly in English

Shoo Fly

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Noun

1. apple of peru, nicandra physaloides, shoo fly

coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Shoo Fly

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n.
1. A child's rocker having the seat built between two flat sides cut in the shape of an animal.
2. Slang An undercover police officer who checks on the honesty and performance of other police officers.

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