noun General Slang

Daisy Roots

/ˈdeɪzi ruːts/ · noun · slang

Cockney for boots — 'daisy roots' rhymes with boots, clipped to your 'daisies'.

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Definitions

1

By extension, sometimes any sturdy shoes worn for graft.

“He laced up his daisies for the early shift.”
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Boots. 'Daisy roots' rhymes with 'boots', and is clipped to 'daisies', dropping the rhyme.

“Get your daisy roots on, we're off.”
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3

Clipped to 'daisies', footwear in general, especially heavy work or walking boots.

“My daisies are letting in water again.”
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Daisy Roots In A Sentence

Wipe your daisy roots before you come in.
These daisies have lasted me a good ten years.
He polished his daisies till they shone for the wedding.

Origin & Usage

Victorian East End rhyming slang on 'boots'; clothing rhymes were plentiful in working London, and 'daisy roots' appears among nineteenth-century rhyming-slang collections in the tradition begun by Hotten's 1859 dictionary.

Variants daisies
Tags #cockney#rhyming#british#uk#clothing

People Also Ask

What does daisy roots mean?

It's Cockney rhyming slang for boots. 'Roots' rhymes with 'boots', and it's shortened to 'daisies'.

Where did daisy roots come from?

From Victorian-era East End speech, part of the rich clothing-and-footwear strand of rhyming slang recorded in the nineteenth century.

Is daisy roots still heard?

It's now more heritage than everyday, but 'daisies' for boots is still recognised among older Londoners.

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