int. colloq. Also ups(e)y-daisy (dial. upsa daesy). [A fanciful variant of the earlier UP-A-DAISY.] (See quot. 1862.)
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.
1904. Sat. Rev., 4 June, 713/2. There is little Freddy waiting … to be lifted—‘upsidaisy’—into his perambulator.
