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Flyaway

adjective
1.
Guided by whim and fancy.  Synonyms: flighty, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained.
2.
(of hair or clothing) worn loose.  "A flyaway coat"






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"Flyaway" Quotes from Famous Books



... we could get another gal easy enough if we wanted her," remarked the old man, with some bitterness. "I swan, Prue! S'pose Ida May had turned out to be the sort of a gal that flyaway critter is? We are blessed; we certainly are." And he treated himself to a liberal pinch ...
— Sheila of Big Wreck Cove - A Story of Cape Cod • James A. Cooper

... impressiveness and stare gloomily out of the darkening window. The ladies Ebag had a remarkable example of the influence of music on character in the person of Edith Ebag. It appeared that Edith would never play anything but waltzes—Waldteufel's for choice—and that the foolish frivolity of her flyaway character was a direct consequence of this habit. Carl felt sadly glad, after hearing the description of Edith's carryings-on, that Edith had chosen to ...
— The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories • Arnold Bennett

... find when we get back, Miss Prudy; but I am prepared for that. Only promise one thing—keep that baby in the house. Flyaway, darling, will you remember not to ...
— Prudy Keeping House • Sophie May

... was I with the present which had been made me, my joy lasted for at least five minutes; I would let them breed, I would have a house of hawks; yes, that I would—but—and here came the unpleasant idea—suppose they were to flyaway, how very annoying! Ah, but, said hope, there's little fear of that; feed them well and they will never fly away, or if they do they will come back, my uncle says so; so sunshine triumphed for a little time. Then the strangest of all doubts ...
— Lavengro - The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest • George Borrow

... said Father Time. "Here is your reward." And, with these words, he placed in Bobo's hands a small square casket made of ebony. "The half-hour lies inside. Don't try to peek at it or open the box until the right time has come. If you do, the half-hour will flyaway and disappear forever." ...
— The Firelight Fairy Book • Henry Beston


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