shoofly

Definitions

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

noun A child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals.

noun an undercover police officer who investigates other policemen
noun 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)

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Defending his actions, Logay claims that Medell was a CIA "shoofly" for Fuller and not qualified to run agent nets.

openDemocracy Douglas Valentine 2010
It looks beautiful, though I've always found shoofly pie achingly sweet.

I Break For Shoofly Pie 2009
I first had shoofly pie when I was dating a boyfriend in college.

I Break For Shoofly Pie 2009
Gingerbread was one of those things, so your shoofly sounds good.

I Break For Shoofly Pie 2009
This sounds so good, I've only had shoofly pie once, but I did really enjoy it.

I Break For Shoofly Pie 2009
Just two hours from the city, the heart of Amish country-known for shoofly pie and schnitzel-is calling my name.

Monique Stringfellow: It's Daytripping Season 2010
Just two hours from the city, the heart of Amish country-known for shoofly pie and schnitzel-is calling my name.

Monique Stringfellow: It's Daytripping Season 2010
Her version of shoofly pie reflects her Pennsylvania heritage.

One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010
Funny cake is a cross between a cake and a pie, like shoofly pie, said Julie Musselman, whose Mennonite ancestors, the Landises, arrived in Pennsylvania from Switzerland in 1703.

One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010
Emma Smoker, 39, who was selling homemade pies -- apple, blueberry and shoofly -- in front of Rachel's, said the books don't interest her.

They're No Bodice Rippers, But Amish Romances Are Hot 2009