daft laddie question

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daft laddie question (plural daft laddie questions)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) A question posed to a group by a person feigning stupidity with the aim of making sure all aspects of a subject have been considered.
    • I'm not immersed in Junior football history, and though I've grown to love it over the years I feel I'm missing a lot of stuff that everyone just seems to know. So I thought the off season was a good time to ask my daft laddie questions. -- Forum post 17/06/2017 (Can we date this quote?)

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