Meanings
nounflesh-fly (plural flesh-flies)
plural flesh-flies
- alternativeAlternative form of flesh fly.
(FERDINAND) I am, in my condition, A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king;— I would not so!—and would no more endure This wooden slavery than to suffer The flesh-fly blow my mouth.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]
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