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Flyspeck

noun

A tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly.

adjective

Very small. Synonyms: bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny. "A lilliputian chest of drawers" , "Her petite figure" , "Tiny feet" , "The flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

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"Flyspeck" Quotes from Famous Books

... suddenly been beset by a paralysed feeling in his feet, and rubbed the glasses, and began to search again. He was on the point of leaving the bridge, since he could not get another view of that strange little flyspeck on the ocean and decided it was an allusion, when it occurred to him that for reasons of general security he had better scan the entire circle of the horizon. This time he looked backwards. Instantly he had the ...

— Atlantis • Gerhart Hauptmann

... :Flyspeck 3: /n./ Standard name for any font that is so tiny as to be unreadable (by analogy with names like 'Helvetica 10' for 10-point Helvetica). Legal boilerplate is usually ...

— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0

... the Shah of Persia calmly to decline the invitation of the Prince of Wales to attend the Derby, on the ground that "he knew one horse could run faster than another," is foreign to that of Western civilization. The Battle of Waterloo is a flyspeck in importance contrasted with the problem of future existence; but the man who never heard of Napoleon would make a dull companion in ...

— The "Goldfish" • Arthur Train

... bent thoughtfully—"results. Unlucky piece of business for this community, coming right in the thick of the contest for the county seat. There's a fight on here, Mr. Morgan, as you may have heard, between Ascalon, the present county seat, and Glenmore, a God-abandoned little flyspeck on the map ...

— Trail's End • George W. Ogden