flyboy
nounEtymology From fly + boy.
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Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Slang An aircraft pilot, especially of a military combat aircraft.
- Big Al was back in town, and Cooper, the happy-go-lucky flyboy who was one of the Original Seven, was squashed.1999 March 23, Eugene Cernan, Don Davis, The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space, 1st edition, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 227:
- Boom! The flyboys are gonna love us for that!2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: The Storm:
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Media, Printing, Publishing Historical, Slang A man employed to clear the printed copies from the printing press.