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- noun Plural form of
flyboy .
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Examples
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The foolish American 'flyboys' nurse their wounded aircraft back to base for 'repair'.
Forward to the East 2008
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I was in the gorund forces like you, so I have the same general distain for "flyboys", etc.
A big win for Obama in Virginia. Ann Althouse 2008
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The “ordies” provided the “flyboys” with a variety of options ranging from delay fuses to ship counters and various settings for magnetic and acoustic detonators.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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The night revealed a population that the daytime bustle had obscured: pickpockets, flyboys handing out directions to strip clubs and slot arcades, gangs of street kids looking for the wounded, the slow, the easy mark.
Three Stations : An Arkady Renko Novel Martin Cruz Smith 2010
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And the Air Force simply wants flyboys in orbit: several times in the past, it has asked Congress to fund its own space station, its own space plane, and its own space-shuttle program.
The Sky Is Falling 2008
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I thought the military flyboys were tops, the coolest cats in the room.
HAVE YOU SEEN MY COUNTRY LATELY? JERRY DOYLE 2010
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And the Air Force simply wants flyboys in orbit: several times in the past, it has asked Congress to fund its own space station, its own space plane, and its own space-shuttle program.
The Sky Is Falling 2008
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The “ordies” provided the “flyboys” with a variety of options ranging from delay fuses to ship counters and various settings for magnetic and acoustic detonators.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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SIMON: Sgt. Grabill loves history and riding in that Mustang gave him a new appreciation for the young flyboys of World War II who dared the skies in those planes which now look so cramped and fragile.
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All the flyboys and girls were too busy collecting nectar to bother with me, thank goodness.
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