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Fly my kite was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a light, a source of ignition, a match.
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Fly by night is British slang for an untrustworthy person.Fly by night is London Cockney rhyming slang for drunk (tight).
Fly a kite is slang for to issue a worthless cheque.
Fly is slang for knowing, fully understanding another's meaning. Fly is British slang for a policeman.
Verb. To have one's trouser zip/fly undone. E.g."It was so embarrassing, walking into a full conference hall, flying low."
Noun. See 'like a blue arsed fly'.
Fly food is British slang for dog's faceces.
Cly was old slang for money. Cly was old slang for a pocket.Cly was th century slang for to take. Cly was th century slang for to steal.
Nellie Bly is London Cockney rhyming slang for a fly.
Fly tipper is London Cockney rhyming slang for a child (nipper).
Smooth or slick.Hey, Eddie, did you see the hat-check girl Bernice? Man, she is "fly.".
Fly: meaning cool, good, fun, etc. used mostly in the mid 90's, when the word "phat" was especially popular. (exp-"that dance was sooo fly")
Fly by nights is London Cockney rhyming slang for tights.
On the fly is British slang for in a rush, having no time.
Something that's really cool. "That movie was so fly."Â
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v. t.
To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc.
v. i.
A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See Fly wheel (below).
n.
Faith; as, by my fay.
v. t.
To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.
v. i.
Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly; black fly. See Diptera, and Illust. in Append.
adv.
Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
a.
Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.
v. t.
Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.
pref.
Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.
adv.
Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.
v. t.
To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth.
v. i.
A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing.
v. i.
A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
v. i.
Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly.
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With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force.
v. i.
A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly.
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