flyman

noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

local, pointed

VERB + FLYMAN

considerate, remembering

FLYMAN + NOUN

poppy

PREP.

about, out

ADV.

again, always, quite

Definitions

noun

Someone who drives the type of coach called a fly.

When driving round and about Cromer, our flyman pointed out "Poppy Land" to me.

Who does not know the "Copper Horse" at Windsor--that equestrian statue at the end of the Long Walk to which (and back again) the local flyman always offers to drive the tourist?

Someone who operates a fly system in a theatre.

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Example Bank

When driving round and about Cromer, our flyman pointed out "Poppy Land" to me.

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Who does not know the "Copper Horse" at Windsor--that equestrian statue at the end of the Long Walk to which (and back again) the local flyman always offers to drive the tourist?

Wiktionary

She is as considerate for the flyman waiting for her on a rainy night as she would be for her father's coachman and horses, remembering that the flyman is quite as liable to catch cold as the coachman

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, flyman is marked as UK, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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