flyboy
Americannoun
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Printing. fly.
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Slang.
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a member of an aircrew, especially a pilot.
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any member of the U.S. Air Force.
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Etymology
Origin of flyboy
Example Sentences
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In this sequel to the 1986 blockbuster, Cruise reprises his role as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, now a hotshot former Navy flyboy called back to teach young fighter pilots.
From Washington Post ● May 5, 2022
Yeager, who came to personify the coolheaded flyboy and whose wisecracking West Virginia twang became a standard accessory for generations of pilots to come, died Monday, his wife, Victoria Yeager, said on Twitter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2020
But out on the green, where teammates rely on him for advice on the best putting angle, everyone knows the old flyboy still has game.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 28, 2019
The flight scenes have an exhilarating majesty to them that, now and then, evokes the flyboy epics that inspired “Star Wars.”
From The New Yorker ● May 18, 2019
“I told you to be careful, flyboy, not to start a war.”
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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