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flypaper

Pronunciation: /ˈflaɪˌpeɪpɚ/

The English word “flypaper” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it.

verb

  1. To cause something to become stuck with, or as if with, flypaper.

Etymology

From fly + paper.

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