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Etymology

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daft +‎ -y

Noun

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dafty (plural dafties)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) A daft person.
    • 2016, Kiki Archer, Lost in the Starlight, page 142:
      You don't need to open my door for me, you dafty!

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Noun

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dafty (plural dafties)

  1. idiot, fool
    • 2018, Chris McQueer, HWFG, 404Ink, published 2018, page 9:
      That stupit lassie in mah seat – thinks ahm a dafty. Ah've fucked it.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)