fly-boyn.

Brit.

/ˈflʌɪbɔɪ/, U.S.

/ˈflaɪˌbɔɪ/

Etymology: < fly n.¹, fly n.² + boy n.¹

1. Printing = fly n.¹ 6.

ΚΠ

1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing (at cited word) These boys are not now called devils, as in the time of Moxon, but Flies, or Fly Boys.

1871 Amer. Encycl. Printing 172/2 Fly-Boy, a boy who takes off the sheet from the tympan as the pressman turns it up.

2. A boy who sells fly-papers.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > sellers of other specific things

soaper?c1225

oilman1275

smear-monger1297

upholder1333

basket-seller?1518

broom-seller?1518

upholster1554

rod-woman1602

starchwoman1604

pin manc1680

colour seller1685

potato-woman1697

printseller1700

rag-seller1700

Greenwich barber1785

sandboy1821

iceman1834

umbrella man1851

fly-boy1861

snuff-boxera1871

pedlar1872

snake-boy1873

bric-a-brac man1876

tinwoman1884

resurrectionist1888

butch1891

paanwallah1955

1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 28/2 I'm the only reg'lar fly-boy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fly-boy
释义	fly-boyn. Brit. /ˈflʌɪbɔɪ/, U.S. /ˈflaɪˌbɔɪ/ Etymology: < fly n.¹, fly n.² + boy n.¹ 1. Printing = fly n.¹ 6. ΚΠ 1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing (at cited word) These boys are not now called devils, as in the time of Moxon, but Flies, or Fly Boys. 1871 Amer. Encycl. Printing 172/2 Fly-Boy, a boy who takes off the sheet from the tympan as the pressman turns it up. 2. A boy who sells fly-papers. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > sellers of other specific things soaper?c1225 oilman1275 smear-monger1297 upholder1333 basket-seller?1518 broom-seller?1518 upholster1554 rod-woman1602 starchwoman1604 pin manc1680 colour seller1685 potato-woman1697 printseller1700 rag-seller1700 Greenwich barber1785 sandboy1821 iceman1834 umbrella man1851 fly-boy1861 snuff-boxera1871 pedlar1872 snake-boy1873 bric-a-brac man1876 tinwoman1884 resurrectionist1888 butch1891 paanwallah1955 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 28/2 I'm the only reg'lar fly-boy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1841
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