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Flyer   /flˈaɪər/   Listen
noun
Flyer  n.  
1.
One that uses wings.
2.
The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.
3.
Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.
4.
(Arch.) One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder.
5.
The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11.
6.
The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers.
7.
(Stock Jobbing) A small operation not involving? considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture. (Cant)






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"Flyer" Quotes from Famous Books



... officer, very solemnly, "it is an unheard-of crime this time. You have been running away from a pretty girl. Now that is a mistake at all times; but, when she is as beautiful as an angel, and rich enough to slip a flyer into Dick Hexham's hands, and lay him on your track, what is the use? Letter ...
— Foul Play • Charles Reade

... man," said the victim, squeezing Mason's arm, "but just you leave that to me. It's all arranged to do the square thing by the people who have stood in with me. So long. Look out for me, won't you? I'll be down on the Flyer." ...
— Stanford Stories - Tales of a Young University • Charles K. Field

... fellows have seen anything like this. Three dreadnaughts and a Zeppelin sunk and wrecked, and I don't know which is which or who is who. It doesn't much matter to us, however. However long or short I live, I'll never forget it. Never! Just think of it, Velo; three ships of the line, and a flyer." He turned to the opposite direction, scanning the ...
— Shelled by an Unseen Foe • James Fiske

... the other hand, Confucius is made to say to his disciples, 'I know how birds can fly, how fishes can swim, and how animals can run. But the runner may be snared, the swimmer may be hooked, and the flyer may be shot by the arrow. But there is the dragon. I cannot tell how he mounts on the wind through the clouds, and rises to heaven. Today I have seen Lao- tsze, and can only compare him to the dragon [3].' While at Lo, Confucius walked ...
— THE CHINESE CLASSICS (PROLEGOMENA) • James Legge

... Parnethes or Hymettus {166b} flew to Geranea, {166c} and from thence to the top of the tower at Corinth; from thence over Pholoe {166d} and Erymanthus quite to Taygetus. And now, resolving to strike a bold stroke, as I was already become a high flyer, and perfect in my art, I no longer confined myself to chicken flights, but getting upon Olympus, and taking a little light provision with me, I made the best of my way directly towards heaven. The ...
— Trips to the Moon • Lucian


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