flypapern.

Brit.

/ˈflʌɪˌpeɪpə/, U.S.

/ˈflaɪˌpeɪpər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: fly n.¹, paper n.

Etymology: < fly n.¹ + paper n., after German Fliegenpapier (1829 or earlier).

Paper coated with a sticky, and sometimes poisonous, substance, designed to attract and catch or poison flies. Also as a count noun: a long strip of such paper, hung from the ceiling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > device for catching flies

flycatcher1708

fly-cage1838

flypaper1842

fly-trap1855

catch-'em-alive-oh1856

the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] > trap for insects

flycatcher1708

bug trap?1765

flapper1796

fly-cage1838

flypaper1842

fly-trap1855

catch-'em-alive-oh1856

light trap1881

1842 N.Y. Herald 7 July Dr. Feuchtwanger's..infallible Poison for Bedbugs, Moths, rats, Cockroaches, Flies, Ants.., for his Fly Paper, and for his numerous chemical preparations.

1884 Mid-Surrey Times 2 Aug. People who find house-flies troublesome..will be pleased to hear..that there is no occasion to meet the tormentors with fly-papers.

1941 Coast to Coast 76 A spiral fly paper hung from the ceiling.

1971 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 Aug. 3/1 From the..ceiling hung a few well encrusted fly papers.

2018 R. I. Ruston If Rocks could Talk 22 The few lucky flies that escaped her barrage eventually met a slow but sure death on the gummy coils of flypaper hanging in numerous places from the ceiling.

Phrases

British. to be on (or under) the flypaper: to be subject to the Flypaper Act (see Flypaper Act n. at Compounds), to be a criminal known to the police. rare.

ΚΠ

1906 Yorks Tel. & Star 17 Oct. 4/2 On his arrest the prisoner said: ‘You know me; I'm known all over London like a bad penny. I'm under the fly-paper.’ In answer to the magistrate, the detective explained that ‘under the fly-paper’ means that a man is under the Prevention of Crimes Act—the Act sticks to him for seven years.

1910 F. Martyn Burglar in Baulk 8 On the flypaper, subject to the Crimes Prevention Act.

1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid ii. 23 He gets nicked for suspect and being on the flypaper, he gets a stretch in the Ville [sc. Pentonville Prison].

Compounds

Flypaper Act n. British slang rare the Prevention of Crimes Act (1871), which stipulated that repeat offenders would be subject to a seven year police supervision order (see quot. 1906 at Phrases).

ΚΠ

1906 Daily Express (Dublin) 23 July The application (quite recent) of one of the most serviceable Acts of Parliament ever passed, which is known to the world at large as the Prevention of Crimes Act, to the police as the Fly-Paper Act.

1908 Daily Mail 18 Dec. 4/6 It was stated that the Prevention of Crimes Act is known among criminals as the Flypaper Act.

1933 C. E. Leach On Top of Underworld x. 139 Flypaper Act..Prevention of Crimes Act.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).

单词	flypaper
释义	flypapern. Brit. /ˈflʌɪˌpeɪpə/, U.S. /ˈflaɪˌpeɪpər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: fly n.¹, paper n. Etymology: < fly n.¹ + paper n., after German Fliegenpapier (1829 or earlier). Paper coated with a sticky, and sometimes poisonous, substance, designed to attract and catch or poison flies. Also as a count noun: a long strip of such paper, hung from the ceiling. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > device for catching flies flycatcher1708 fly-cage1838 flypaper1842 fly-trap1855 catch-'em-alive-oh1856 the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] > trap for insects flycatcher1708 bug trap?1765 flapper1796 fly-cage1838 flypaper1842 fly-trap1855 catch-'em-alive-oh1856 light trap1881 1842 N.Y. Herald 7 July Dr. Feuchtwanger's..infallible Poison for Bedbugs, Moths, rats, Cockroaches, Flies, Ants.., for his Fly Paper, and for his numerous chemical preparations. 1884 Mid-Surrey Times 2 Aug. People who find house-flies troublesome..will be pleased to hear..that there is no occasion to meet the tormentors with fly-papers. 1941 Coast to Coast 76 A spiral fly paper hung from the ceiling. 1971 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 Aug. 3/1 From the..ceiling hung a few well encrusted fly papers. 2018 R. I. Ruston If Rocks could Talk 22 The few lucky flies that escaped her barrage eventually met a slow but sure death on the gummy coils of flypaper hanging in numerous places from the ceiling. Phrases British. to be on (or under) the flypaper: to be subject to the Flypaper Act (see Flypaper Act n. at Compounds), to be a criminal known to the police. rare. ΚΠ 1906 Yorks Tel. & Star 17 Oct. 4/2 On his arrest the prisoner said: ‘You know me; I'm known all over London like a bad penny. I'm under the fly-paper.’ In answer to the magistrate, the detective explained that ‘under the fly-paper’ means that a man is under the Prevention of Crimes Act—the Act sticks to him for seven years. 1910 F. Martyn Burglar in Baulk 8 On the flypaper, subject to the Crimes Prevention Act. 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid ii. 23 He gets nicked for suspect and being on the flypaper, he gets a stretch in the Ville [sc. Pentonville Prison]. Compounds Flypaper Act n. British slang rare the Prevention of Crimes Act (1871), which stipulated that repeat offenders would be subject to a seven year police supervision order (see quot. 1906 at Phrases). ΚΠ 1906 Daily Express (Dublin) 23 July The application (quite recent) of one of the most serviceable Acts of Parliament ever passed, which is known to the world at large as the Prevention of Crimes Act, to the police as the Fly-Paper Act. 1908 Daily Mail 18 Dec. 4/6 It was stated that the Prevention of Crimes Act is known among criminals as the Flypaper Act. 1933 C. E. Leach On Top of Underworld x. 139 Flypaper Act..Prevention of Crimes Act. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1842
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