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flypaper::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | paper |
Examples of flypaper
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In the kitchen, strips of flypaper, covered in dead bugs, dangle from the ceiling.
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The loose-limbed, dim-witted dog Pluto was an unequal match for a piece of flypaper.
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This is always a bad idea on BLPs because they attract cranks like flypaper.
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Farmers control pests with everything from sticky flypaper to aphid-munching ladybugs.
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Some kicks were good, Tonioli said, but added he also looked like a fly stuck on flypaper.
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There is something on the end of the sticks that might be flypaper.
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Trouble is, gloss doesn't last long and can be as sticky as flypaper.
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The best way to think of them, though, is as celestial flypaper.
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Two strips of flypaper hang from the ceiling, dotted with prey.
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- Paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies
- Flypaper is a fly-killing device made of paper coated with a sweetly fragrant, but extremely sticky or poisonous substance that traps flies and other flying insects when they land upon it.
- Flypaper is a 1997 crime feature film starring Craig Sheffer, Robert Loggia, Sadie Frost, Talisa Soto and Lucy Liu. It was written and directed by Klaus Hoch.
- To dream of fly-paper, signifies ill health and disrupted friendships.
