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Gadfly
/gˈædflˌaɪ/
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Gadfly
noun
(pl.
gadflies
)
1.
A persistently annoying person.
Synonyms:
blighter
,
cuss
,
pest
,
pesterer
.
2.
Any of various large flies that annoy livestock.
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gadfly
the old scientist rushed to Paris and left his card on Bouvard, who lived in the Rue Ferou near Saint-Sulpice. Bouvard sent a card to his hotel on which was written "To-morrow; nine o'clock, Rue
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— Ursula • Honore de Balzac
Words linked to "Gadfly" :
botfly
,
warble fly
,
pesterer
,
tormenter
,
horse fly
,
clegg
,
tormentor
,
nudnick
,
fly
,
cleg
,
nudnik
,
persecutor
,
horsefly
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