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 Taf’fata or Taffety.Tag Rag, and Bobtail. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Taffy.
 
A Welshman. So called from David, a very common Welsh name. David, familiarly Davy, becomes in Welsh Taffid, Taffy.   1
 


 Taf’fata or Taffety.Tag Rag, and Bobtail. 

 
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