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editDoge is funny with Donald trump — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.160.129.73 (talk) 23:39, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
Origin of the name
editThey are so named because the first floats were decorated barges on the River Thames for the Lord Mayor's Show.
Citation_needed, I say! The same goes for the claim in Lord_Mayor's_Show.
Just as likely (as long as there is no citation), they are so named because they were originally built over farm carts with low loadbeds, ie Float_(horse-drawn). Modern day parade floats are similarly built over low-bed trailers.
--XyKyWyKy aka raffriff42 (talk) 03:30, 22 January 2016 (UTC)