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FLYERS

[flahy-er] Origin

fly·er

[flahy-er]
noun
1.
Textiles.
a.
a rotating device that adds twist to the slubbing or roving and winds the stock onto a spindle or bobbin in a uniform manner.
b.
a similar device for adding twist to yarn.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; see fly1, -er1

flier, flyer.
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Flyers is always a great word to know.
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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flyer
also flier, mid-15c., "something that flies," agent noun of fly (v.1). Meaning "something that goes fast" is from 1795; that of "aviator" is from 1934. Meaning "small handbill or fly-sheet" is from 1889, U.S. slang (originally especially of police bulletins), on notion of "made
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to be scattered broadcast." Related: Fliers; flyers.
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