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fly book

noun

, Angling.
  1. a booklike case for artificial flies.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fly book1

First recorded in 1840–50

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Example Sentences

And so one recent evening I pulled into Athens, Ga., the 10th stop on my 15-city, self-engineered, all-drive, no-fly book tour.

There was no more to be said or done, except to hunt for another fly in the trout fly-book.

And with this he unrolls his "fly-book," and lays upon the table bank-bills to the amount of one hundred thousand francs.

The Major (on his way to try for the big trout, and pondering on his fly-book).

A fly-book will be needed to contain flies and also leaders.

Fill your fly-book and stick them all over the crown of your hat.

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