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upsidaisy, int. colloq.|ˈʌpsəˌdeɪzɪ|
Also oops-a-daisy, ups(e)y-daisy (dial. upsa daesy), ups-a-daisy, upsy daisy, etc.
[A fanciful variant of the earlier up-a-daisy.]
(See quot. 1862.) Also in extended use.
1862[C. C. Robinson] Dial. Leeds 442 Upsa daesy! a common ejaculation when a child, in play, is assisted in a spring-leap from the ground. 1904Sat. Rev. 4 June 713/2 There is little Freddy waiting..to be lifted—‘upsidaisy’—into his perambulator. 1912J. Sandilands Western Canad. Dict. & Phrase-Bk., Ups-a-daisy, the tender words of the fond father when engaged in baby-jumping. 1934D. L. Sayers Nine Tailors i. ii. 61 Hoops-a-daisy, over she goes! 1940Horizon Mar. 204 Come on, sonny, that's the way! Upsy-daisy! 1948‘P. Quentin’ Run to Death xx. 153 ‘Upsy-daisy.’ I picked her up, swung round and dumped her in the bath-tub. 1953C. S. Forester Hornblower & Atropos 76 ‘There baby’, said the landlady. ‘Daddy's going to play with you. Oops-a-daisy, then.’ 1967Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. 1277/2 Oops-a-daisy!, a c.p. [sc. catch phrase] of consolation as one picks up a child that has fallen. 1969‘I. Drummond’ Man with Tiny Head vii. 92 ‘Upsidaisy,’ said Jenny. ‘No time to waste.’ 1970K. Giles Death in Church viii. 190 ‘Ooops a-daisy,’ said the gunman and the Inspector was hurled to the twelve-feet-high ceiling. 1974N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 173 He..smacked Colette lightly on the bottom, and said, ‘Oops-a-daisy, girl: half-time.’ 1976South Notts Echo 16 Dec. 6/5 Only a series of oops-a-daisy mishaps, how-ever, persuaded him to slim down in time. 1984New Yorker 13 Feb. 125/1 The Great Rudner is..given the most labyrinthine acrobatic choreography—a tortuous series of slithers, blind leaps, upsy-daisy lifts, and ass-over-heels floorwork.
Hence ellipt. as ˈupsa (and varr.) int.
1922Joyce Ulysses 491 Hoopsa! Don't fall upstairs. 1928E. M. Forster Life to Come (1972) 141 ‘Upsa! Take care!’ ‘Upsa!’ were some drops of brandy, which Conway had spilt. |