Meanings
plural fly papers
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of flypaper.
They had even hung fly paper but the flies did not go near it!
2012, Shelley LeRoux, The Secret Ingredient2 more examples
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 58Create 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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