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fly-halves

fly-halves is the plural of fly-half.

Meaning of fly-half

Noun

fly-half (plural fly-halves)

  1. A rugby player who is normally the first receiver of the ball from the scrum half after a scrum; a half-back.
    • Fly-half Holly Aitchison has had a mixed tournament with the boot up until this match, with Mitchell saying in the week he had no concerns over her kicking and being proved correct in Bordeaux.2024 April 27, Alastair Telfer, “England beat France to seal Grand Slam hat-trick”, in BBC Sport
    Synonyms:
    outside half, stand-off half, stand-off, out-half, first five-eighth

Questions about fly-halves

What is fly-halves the plural of?
Fly-halves is the plural of fly-half.

Words near fly-halves in the dictionary

  1. fly-fish
  2. fly-fisher
  3. fly-fishing
  4. fly-grazing
  5. fly-half
  6. fly-halves
  7. fly-in
  8. fly-in fly-out
  9. fly-ins
  10. fly-over
  11. fly-overs

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