deer fly
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of deer fly
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
Example Sentences
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There was deer fly season, mosquito season, greenhead fly season.
From Washington Times • Apr. 25, 2015
Putney, 25 May 1977: hot weather, swimming weather, deer fly weather.
From Time Magazine Archive
We frequently saw the deer fly before us, in droves of twenty or thirty.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
"He saw a deer fly past this morning," she replied, "and he has gone to seek it, that I may dry it."
From Dahcotah Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling by Eastman, Mary H. (Mary Henderson)
Thus the beavers grow more scarce, and deer fly farther back; yet after I have reserved skins for my mantle and the clothing of my wife, I will exchange the rest.
From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Walworth, Ellen H.
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