flyman
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How to use flyman in a sentence
But the flyman shook his head, and looked very serious, and told me that he feared bad times were coming.
Erema | R. D. BlackmoreThen the newly-made friends walked upstairs together, leaving Honeybee and Fanny to get the luggage up, and to fight the flyman.
Humorous Readings and Recitations | VariousMr. Honeybee only paid the flyman three times his fare, but escaped without loss of blood.
Humorous Readings and Recitations | VariousWhen driving round and about Cromer, our flyman pointed out "Poppy Land" to me.
Punch, Volume 101, September 19, 1891 | Francis BurnandI went out on the steps to meet him, and with the help of the flyman he brought in the luggage.
Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water | Lady (Ethel Gwendoline [Moffatt]) Vincent
British Dictionary definitions for flyman
/ (ˈflaɪmən) /
theatre a stagehand who operates the scenery, curtains, etc, in the flies
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