noun
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the small speck of the excrement of a fly
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a small spot or speck
verb
Etymology
Origin of flyspeck
Example Sentences
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The 17-year-old best friends are neighbors in a flyspeck California town in the Mojave Desert.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
But the press’s team used several printers to speed along reprints, and Krissoff says he’s proud that “a flyspeck university press in West Virginia can publish at the highest level.”
From Slate • May 17, 2021
This was Grandview Speedway, a rudimentary third-of-a-mile high-banked dirt track nestled in the flyspeck town of Bechtelsville, Pa., amid rolling farmland 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2019
The level of funding required would be a flyspeck in the military budget, not an endless boondoggle.
From Washington Times • Apr. 9, 2018
The Battle of Waterloo is a flyspeck in importance contrasted with the problem of future existence; but the man who never heard of Napoleon would make a dull companion in this world or the next.
From The "Goldfish" by Train, Arthur Cheney
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