clippers
Example Sentences
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The nurse's suspicions had been aroused by the sight of Florrie Maybrick soaking flypapers in water.
From Time Magazine Archive
What worried Yozo Fuyubayashi, had happened to the souls of all the flies caught in the flypapers he had sold?
From Time Magazine Archive
It has been suggested that flypapers should be so sprinkled as to produce an aesthetic design in dead flies, so as to introduce beauty into the homes of the poor.
From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel
Aloud, she proceeded, more seriously: "If it's in the flypapers, why don't we all get poisoned, ma?"
From Coquette by Swinnerton, Frank
