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flywire en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈflʌɪwʌɪə/ (UK)
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Etymology

From fly + wire.

Meanings

1. (Australia, uncountable, usually) A type of screening used to exclude flies and other insects.
   • For a moment, she feared he would, like a new puppy, burst through the flywire. 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 367:
   • He noticed for the first time that the fellow was naked. He had taken little notice of him in the darkened room, and afterwards had seen him only through the fly-wire door. 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VIII, in Capricornia, page 126:
   • He stood in the deep shadow of the open doorway, holding the flywire back with one hand and watching them get out and stretch their limbs in the sun. 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 64:

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