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Fly−posting is British slang for putting up posters or advertisments on unauthorised places.
FLYER WITH THE ROOF SLIGHTLY HIGHER
Flyer with the roof slightly higher is Black−American slang for a modified version of a ten gallon hat.
Flying duck is British rhyming slang for fuck.
Flyer is British slang for a suicide who jumps from a tall building. Flyer is racing slang for a quick start.
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Fly food is British slang for dog's faceces.
Fly my kite was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a light, a source of ignition, a match.
Flying is British slang for to be high on alcohol or drugs. Flying is British slang for to be on a winning streak.
Fly tipper is London Cockney rhyming slang for a child (nipper).
Fly by night is British slang for an untrustworthy person.Fly by night is London Cockney rhyming slang for drunk (tight).
Flybow is British slang for a despicable person.
, (flie) adj., Beautiful, clean, honorable. “That guy is so fly.â€Â [Etym., 19th C. England, stylish coach]
Flying trapeze is London Cockney rhyming slang for cheese.
Fly−pitching is British slang for selling goods at an unauthorised place.
Fly by nights is London Cockney rhyming slang for tights.
Fly is slang for knowing, fully understanding another's meaning. Fly is British slang for a policeman.
Fly a kite is slang for to issue a worthless cheque.
Fly−tipping is British slang for dumping rubbish at unauthorised places.
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v. t.
To soil with flyspecks.
a.
Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul.
v. i.
Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly; black fly. See Diptera, and Illust. in Append.
n.
A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, and gadfly. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies.
v. i.
Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly.
n.
The driver of a fly, or light public carriage.
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The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11.
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A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous mushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric.
v. i.
A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See Fly wheel (below).
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of Flyman
v. t.
To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows.
v. i.
A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly.
v. i.
A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing.
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One of the eggs or young larvae deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly.
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A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves.
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A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot.
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The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.
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