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Taffy:
A Welshman, from Davy (Dafydd, 'David'), a common name in Wales. Perhaps it is best known among the English from the (now derogatory) rhyme alluding to the days of border cattle raids.
Taffy was a Welshman,
Taffy was a thief,
Taffy came to my house
And stole a leg of beef.
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Millennium Edition (2002)
A Welshman, from Davy (Dafydd, 'David'), a common name in Wales. Perhaps it is best known among the English from the (now derogatory) rhyme alluding to the days of border cattle raids.
Taffy was a Welshman,
Taffy was a thief,
Taffy came to my house
And stole a leg of beef.
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Millennium Edition (2002)
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