dung-fly

To the helmed guards he might have been a dung-fly; they ignored him.

CATALYST OF SORROWS Margaret Wander Bonanno 2004

To the helmed guards he might have been a dung-fly; they ignored him.

CATALYST OF SORROWS Margaret Wander Bonanno 2004

He hoped to raise the South, and thither he went, his own dung-fly, buzzing over the offal he had blown; and the first point he headed for was Pampluna across the Pyrenees.

The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Maurice Hewlett 1892

After all, Savage, in Johnson's Life, is just a dung-fly preserved in amber.

Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 3 George Gilfillan 1845

After all, Savage, in Johnson's Life, is just a dung-fly preserved in amber.

Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete George Gilfillan 1845