flyman
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flymen
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“You pull the bag up, the piece goes in,” says John, the head flyman at the National Theatre.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2017
In England he has earned his living as sceneshifter and flyman in a theatre, prop-boy in a film studio, "effect" man with film companies.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I 'll walk the rest of the way," he said to the flyman, giving him his fare.
From The Lady Paramount by Henry Harland
Derrick gave his small portmanteau to the flyman and told him to drive there, and he himself set out walking.
From The Woman's Way by Charles Garvice
“There’ll be a row about that,” said the hard-faced footman, as he set down the second trunk and closed the door, and the flyman drove off.
From By Birth a Lady by George Manville Fenn
He missed the clip, and Nicky Knox, one of the flymen, grabbed Ben Vereen and saved him!
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2021
Stagehands and flymen wrestle enormous pieces of metal and steel, with each show’s costly, carefully designed sets usually shipping in from studios in Connecticut and upstate New York.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2016
The disappointed flymen, to whom the arrival of the mail-boat is the great event of the St. Heliers day, let them pass.
From A Hero of Romance by Richard Marsh
Seeing that the flymen had arranged a tariff that measured distances with sovereigns, and hours with bank-notes, I determined to walk to the Long Valley, and my example was largely followed.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 23, 1887. by Various
Then we come to fair Southampton Water, with its marine kind of flymen waiting to take you to the boats, and the boats waiting to take you from the flymen to the yachts.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 September 23, 1893 by Various
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