FLY (insect)
ADJECTIVES
► MUSCARIOUS relating to flies → 1857 obs.
► TARE of flies: eager, restless, troublesome → 1881 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► ADDER a dragonfly or large fly → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► AUSSIE SALUTE the flapping away of ever-present flies from one’s face → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► AUSTRALIAN SALUTE a hand movement brushing flies away from the face → 1972 Aust. sl.
► BEE a fly; a wasp → 1870 Eng. dial.
► BLOWIE a blowfly → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BULLDOG a horsefly → 1893 Amer. dial.
► BULLDOG FLY a horsefly → 1893 Amer. dial.
► BUMBLER any insect which makes a buzzing or humming sound, as a fly → 1876 Eng. dial.
► BUSINESS a swarm of flies → 1478
► BUTCHER FLY a fly that feeds on meat or flesh; a blowfly → 1633
► BUTCHER’S CANARY a blowfly → 1999 Aust. sl., obs. (Bk.)
► CATCH-‘EM-ALIVE-O fly-paper for catching flies → 1855 sl.
► FARE a swarm of flies → c1205 obs.
► LOUIE a fly → 1960s Aust. sl.
► MARSH-BRIAR the horsefly → 1885 Eng. dial.
► MATILOT ► MATLO the common housefly, Musca domestica → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MIDGE the common housefly → 1899 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► MUSCARIUM a place were flies are kept → 1872 obs.
► NELLIE (BLIGH) ► NELLY (BLIGH) ► NELLY BLY a fly → 1910s rhyming sl.
► OLD MAID a horse-fly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► POLICEMAN a fly, especially a blue-bottle fly → 1860 sl.
► SANDIES sand flies → 1980s Aust. sl.
► STICKY PAPER flypaper → 1851
► THUNDERBUG a horsefly → 1875 Eng. dial.
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