swatters

Do not make the mistake of trying to control the pest with the "swatters" alone.

An Elementary Study of Insects Leonard Haseman

Exam week came and went, leaving inkstained fingers and a crop of headaches; mistresses were busy correcting papers; "swatters" were daring to congratulate themselves, and "slackers" were bewailing the difficulty of the questions.

The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story Angela Brazil 1907

This is possible by burning, burying or otherwise removing the dirt or filth, and by using fly traps, "swatters" and fly paper.

Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition 1906

Researchers were able to compare the groups' actions in three different categories: behavioral ecology hours spent eating, for example, social organization and "culture," defined to include such things as whether, how often and how loudly the orangutans make "kiss-squeaks" and "raspberries" with their mouths, or whether they use tree branches as swatters.

Week in Ideas: Christopher Shea 2011

Waving the swatters in choreographed moves, the girls launched into a little skit.

ATHENA THE BRAIN JOAN HOLUB 2010

Waving the swatters in choreographed moves, the girls launched into a little skit.

ATHENA THE BRAIN JOAN HOLUB 2010

Think flexible, plastic ice cubes, fly swatters, laundry line clips; what will Ikea think of next?

Why Canadians Shop at Ikea 2009

But I have one of those humane fly swatters where it just sucks up the bug in a vacuum.

CNN Transcript Jun 19, 2009 2009

Think flexible, plastic ice cubes, fly swatters, laundry line clips; what will Ikea think of next?

Why Canadians Shop at Ikea 2009

Since it takes years for a horse's tail to grow back, owners are crafting prosthetic fly swatters: they're weaving denim and sheets into the animals 'stubbed tails.

Iowa Is Talking About. . . 2008