fly paper

English

Noun

fly paper (countable and uncountable, plural fly papers)

1. Alternative form of flypaper
   • 2012, Shelley LeRoux, The Secret Ingredient:

     They had even hung fly paper but the flies did not go near it!

   • 2014, Dave Goulson, A Buzz in the Meadow, page 58:

     My wife Lara and I try to keep the doors and windows shut, and from the beams we hang dozens of fly papers, which quickly become covered in a revolting mass of struggling, sticky flies.

   • 2014, Dionna Ford, Mandy O'Brien, Homemade Cleaners:

     Create your own homemade fly paper and hang near doorways or other areas where flies congregate.