Crossword clues for shoofly
Wiktionary
alt. 1 A child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals. 2 (cx US railways English) A device for throwing the track temporarily to one side for carrying out repairs, etc. 3 A police officer assigned to keep tabs on other members of the police. n. 1 A child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals. 2 (cx US railways English) A device for throwing the track temporarily to one side for carrying out repairs, etc. 3 A police officer assigned to keep tabs on other members of the police.
WordNet
n. an undercover police officer who investigates other policemen
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)
Wikipedia
Shoofly can refer to
- Shoofly pie
- Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me, a traditional children's song.
- Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy, a song first performed by June Christy.
- Shoofly Comer aka Niviatsinaq, Aivilingmiut (Canadian Inuit) wife of American whaling captain George Comer
- Shue Fly a Quarter Horse racehorse during the 1940s
- Shoofly, a common name for the plant species Caesalpinia decapetala
- Shoo Fly (sternwheeler), a steamboat which operated on the Willamette and Columbia Rivers from 1871 to 1878.
- A temporary short routing around a small construction site or other obstruction:
- Glossary of rail terminology
- Bypass (road)
Usage examples of "shoofly".
Three generations had created a reputation for fruit pies and stollen, lebkuchen and shoofly and the best crunchy bread in the area.
At an inn they ate seven sweets and seven sours, shoofly pie, and cider.