Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A whisk, as of hair, used for brushing away flies.
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- noun A
whisk used to brush awayflies .
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Examples
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And my sense of self-preservation was quietly terrified at the thought of submitting myself to the mercies of someone who handled a fifteen-pound claymore as though it were a flywhisk.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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Chakaumba told supporters the "Lion" - who ruled Malawi ruthlessly for 30 years until 1994 - would stand togreet them by waving his traditional flywhisk.
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YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast - Flanked by a maiden with a flywhisk and
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The sound of hurrying footsteps came behind me, there was a sharp order from Louise, a submissive "Oui, Madame," and the sudden thwap! of a flywhisk as the maid set about removing the flies, one by one.
Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992
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He told Banda: "I only ask you to wave your flywhisk to the people.
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