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lady-flies

lady-flies is the plural of lady-fly.

Meaning of lady-fly

Noun

lady-fly (plural lady-flies)

  1. (obsolete) A ladybird.
    • This lady-fly I take from off the graſs, / Whoſe ſpotted back might ſcarlet red ſurpaſs.1714, J[ohn] Gay, “Thursday; or, The Spell”, in The Shepherd’s Week. In Six Pastorals, London: […] R. Burleigh […], →OCLC, page 35, lines 83–84

Questions about lady-flies

What is lady-flies the plural of?
Lady-flies is the plural of lady-fly.

Words near lady-flies in the dictionary

  1. lady-boners
  2. lady-bug
  3. lady-bugs
  4. Lady-day
  5. Lady-days
  6. lady-flies
  7. lady-fly
  8. lady-in-waiting
  9. lady-killer
  10. lady-killers
  11. lady-killing

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