fly-flapper

A young girl of fourteen, clad only in a single shift, or muumuu, herself a grand-daughter of the sleeper, crouched beside him and with a feathered fly-flapper brushed away the flies.

THE BONES OF KAHEKILI 2010

Kahilis, which you may know developed out of the fly-flapper into symbols of royalty until they became larger than hearse-plumes with handles a fathom and a half and over two fathoms in length.

SHIN-BONES 2010

To Tuamasanga he committed the orator's staff and fly-flapper, with which to do the business of speaking, and, as a residence, the central division of Upolu called

Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before George Turner

The boy went to perform the operation, but on stretching out his hand was seized by his grandfather, and beaten with the handle of his fly-flapper.

Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before George Turner

He set upon both of them with his fue, or fly-flapper, and hence the word to _fue_, or to fly-flapper, is used as a milder term to express beating or killing.

Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before George Turner

Siva and Vishnu upholding the throne of Brahma, -- four _syces_ running at the horses 'heads, each with his _chowree_, or fly-flapper, made from the tail of the Thibet cow, -- a fifth before, to clear the way, --

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Various

The speaker stood up when he addressed the assembly, laid over his shoulder his fly-flapper, or badge of office similar to what is seen on some ancient Egyptian standards.

Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before George Turner

Kahilis, which you may know developed out of the fly-flapper into symbols of royalty until they became larger than hearse-plumes with handles a fathom and a half and over two fathoms in length.

Shin-Bones 1919

A young girl of fourteen, clad only in a single shift, or muumuu, herself a grand-daughter of the sleeper, crouched beside him and with a feathered fly-flapper brushed away the flies.

The Bones of Kahekili 1919

At Bashti's back, squatting on the bunk-boards, a slim and smooth-skinned maid of thirteen had flapped the flies away from his royal head with the royal fly-flapper.

Chapter 11 1917