flyman
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Origin of flyman
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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
Mr. Honeybee only paid the flyman three times his fare, but escaped without loss of blood.
From Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse by Various
I asked for you," he said when she stood there, "because I heard from the flyman who drove me from the station to the inn that he had brought you here yesterday.
From The Spoils of Poynton by James, Henry
When driving round and about Cromer, our flyman pointed out "Poppy Land" to me.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 19, 1891 by Various
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