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Meaning of daft laddie question | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A question posed to a group by a person feigning stupidity with the aim of making sure all aspects of a subject have been considered.

Northern-England, Scotland

Examples

“I'm not immersed in Junior football history, and though I've grown to love it over the years I feel I'm missing a lot of stuff that everyone just seems to know. So I thought the off season was a good time to ask my daft laddie questions. -- Forum post 17/06/2017”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

daftar Dafter Daftly Daftness Daftnesses dafty