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
“Look, I’m not going to flyspeck this,” the president added.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2021
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
The level of funding required would be a flyspeck in the military budget, not an endless boondoggle.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 9, 2018
We went out, an' the' was somethin' a-floatin' away up yonder, lookin' like a flyspeck on a new tablecloth.
From Happy Hawkins by Wason, Robert Alexander
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