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- noun Plural form of
horsefly .
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Examples
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In the afternoon, the wind being westerly and blowing strong in squalls, some butterflies and other insects like what we call horseflies were blown on board of us.
A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship William Bligh 1785
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I have neverdone anthing on that scale, but I have burned three horseflies out of the air with a can of skeeter spray and a BiC lighter.
Years ago I was duck hunting and dropped 3 teal with one shot (limit was 6). 2009
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She wants to apologize—to acknowledge directly the horseflies, the gnats.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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He was busy untangling the hermeneutical threads in the horseflies and wasps of Canto Three.
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The horseflies and gnats Seena shooed for months swarm her now.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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I have neverdone anthing on that scale, but I have burned three horseflies out of the air with a can of skeeter spray and a BiC lighter.
Years ago I was duck hunting and dropped 3 teal with one shot (limit was 6). 2009
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The horseflies and gnats Seena shooed for months swarm her now.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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The horseflies and gnats Seena shooed for months swarm her now.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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She wants to apologize—to acknowledge directly the horseflies, the gnats.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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She wants to apologize—to acknowledge directly the horseflies, the gnats.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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