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Taffy
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Nickname for a Welshman, deriving from the pronunciation in Wales of Dafydd (the Welsh version of David and one of the most common Welsh Christian names). From at least the 18C English children sang a nursery rhyme on St David's day to bait the Welsh, beginning: Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef.
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