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Word entry · 8 letters

flypaper

Best crossword clue

"Sticky insect sheet"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈflaɪˌpeɪpɚ/Part of speech nounSorted aeflppryStarts with FEnds with R1 clues
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Definitions

  1. paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies

Word origin

From fly + paper.

Used in a sentence

  • "What did I tell you? The thing clings like a flypaper," Josella observed to me.
  • He gets flypapered by a task that should be turned over to a subordinate.
  • Cover painting that flypapered the eyes were very important to G-8 sales, and Frederick Blakeslee's mixing of fantasy with the realistic texture of machines had a hypnotic effect on impressionable coin-holders.

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