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flyboy

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flyboy

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From fly + boy.

noun flyboys · fly-boy

  1. slang An aircraft pilot, especially of a military combat aircraft. Big Al was back in town, and Cooper, the happy-go-lucky flyboy who was one of the Original Seven, was squashed.
  2. historical, slang A man employed to clear the printed copies from the printing press.

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noun aircraft pilot, especially of a military combat aircraft

Françaischevalier du ciel

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"flyboy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/flyboy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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flyboy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/flyboy

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"flyboy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/flyboy.

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@misc{flyboy_2026,
  title = {flyboy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flyboy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}