fly paper

A form of flypaper — A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it.

Meanings

nounfly paper (countable and uncountable, plural fly papers)

plural fly papers

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of flypaper.

    They had even hung fly paper but the flies did not go near it!

    2012, Shelley LeRoux, The Secret Ingredient
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    My wife Lara and I try to keep the doors and windows shut, and from the beams we hang dozens of fly papers, which quickly become covered in a revolting mass of struggling, sticky flies.

    2014, Dave Goulson, A Buzz in the Meadow, page 58

    Create your own homemade fly paper and hang near doorways or other areas where flies congregate.

    2014, Dionna Ford, Mandy O'Brien, Homemade Cleaners
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