Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of fly-paper
adjectivefly-papered (comparative more fly-papered, superlative most fly-papered)
comparative more fly-papered · superlative most fly-papered
- alternativeAlternative form of flypapered.
It was the heat and fumes and bounces from buses that moved your stomach up to your throat and it was greasy meals at fly-papered diners at three a.m. and uniforms that were seldom off your back.
2012, Sports Illustrated Great Baseball Writing
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APA
fly-papered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fly-papered
MLA
“fly-papered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fly-papered. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fly-papered,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fly-papered.
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