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But the state authorities warn that DDT alone will not make Iowa flyless.

From Time Magazine Archive

This spring Iowa will mount an offensive against its flies, aiming to make the state as flyless as the moon.

From Time Magazine Archive

A solemn-nosed, stern-eyed cow would amble and stamp in his wood to find a flyless shadow; or a strayed sheep would poke its gentle muzzle through leaves.

From Irish Fairy Tales by Stephens, James

But suppose you want to use the tent in a flyless land?

From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward

Give him the ideal of cool, flyless cleanliness in a room.

From Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation by Comfort, Will Levington