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flymaker

flymaker noun: one who makes artificial flies for use in fishing.

Noun

flymaker (plural flymakers)

  1. One who makes artificial flies for use in fishing.
    • Now the directions given are the basis as indicated of all artificial fly-making, and really but little can be here added to them with a view of further instructing the would-be flymaker.1881, John Harrington Keene, The Practical Fisherman: Dealing with the Natural History, the Legendary Lore, the Capture of British Freshwater Fish, and Tackle and Tackle Making

Forms of flymaker

pluralflymakers

Origin of flymaker

From fly + maker.

Words that rhyme with flymaker

6 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about flymaker

What does flymaker mean?
Flymaker means one who makes artificial flies for use in fishing.
What part of speech is flymaker?
Flymaker is a noun.
What is the plural of flymaker?
The plural of flymaker is flymakers.

Words near flymaker in the dictionary

  1. flylessness
  2. flyline
  3. flylines
  4. flyloft
  5. flylofts
  6. flymaker
  7. flymakers
  8. flyman
  9. flymen
  10. flymph
  11. flymphs

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