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noun

Flyer n.

One that uses wings.

The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.

Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.

(Arch.) One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder.

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.

The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers.

(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

... watched rush past his side-tracked freight with feelings of deep interest, not unmixed with envy. It always followed the "Limited," with all the latter's privileges of precedence and right of way. Thus it was such a flyer that the contrast between it and the freight, which always had to get out of the way, was as great as that between a thoroughbred racer and a farm-horse. It was made up of express cars, loaded with money, jewelry, plate, and other valuable packages, which caused it to be known along the road as ...

— Cab and Caboose - The Story of a Railroad Boy • Kirk Munroe

... New York every two weeks to see a show,' says the farmer, hanging up the receiver. 'I catch the eighteen-hour flyer at Indianapolis, spend ten hours in the heyday of night on the Yappian Way, and get home in time to see the chickens go to roost forty-eight hours later. Oh, the pristine Hubbard squasherino of the cave-dwelling period is getting geared ...

— The Gentle Grafter • O. Henry

... beholders aching. She had the glory of the racing cutter full sail on a whining breeze; and she did not court to win him, she flew. In his more reflective hour the attractiveness of that lady which held the mirror to his features was paramount. But he had passionate snatches when the magnetism of the flyer drew him in her wake. Further to add to the complexity, he loved his liberty; he was princelier free; he had more subjects, more slaves; he ruled arrogantly in the world of women; he was more himself. His metropolitan ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... been thinking, Dick," he said at last; "thinking very seriously of taking a little flyer in the—er—theatrical business." Immediately upon uttering this astonishing remark he became very red in the face and shifted his gaze to the remote upper left-hand corner of ...

— Mr. Bingle • George Barr McCutcheon

... and original strokes of Nature was when she made the loon. It is always refreshing to contemplate a creature so positive and characteristic. He is the great diver and flyer under water. The loon is the genius loci of the wild northern lakes, as solitary as they are. Some birds represent the majesty of nature, like the eagles; others its ferocity, like the hawks; others its cunning, like the crow; others its sweetness and melody, like the song-birds. The ...

— Birds and Poets • John Burroughs

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