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flyswatter
noun fly·swat·ter \-ˌswä-tər\
: a device used for killing flies and other insects that consists of a flat piece of plastic or other material attached to a handle
Full Definition of FLYSWATTER
: a device for killing insects that consists of a flat piece of perforated rubber or plastic or fine-mesh wire netting attached to a handle
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First Known Use of FLYSWATTER
1917
Rhymes with FLYSWATTER
allotter, bathwater, blue water, boycotter, branch water, cold-water, first water, freshwater, garroter, globe-trotter, gray water, high water, hold water, hot water, ice water, low water, make water, pinspotter, red water, sandlotter, sea otter, slack water, still water, tap water, tread water, white-water
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