lady fly

noun — 2 senses

lady fly

nounalso spelled lady-fly

1

Dated Synonym of ladybird

lady-fly

noun

1

Obsolete A ladybird.

This lady-fly I take from off the graſs, / Whoſe ſpotted back might ſcarlet red ſurpaſs.1714, J[ohn] Gay, “Thursday; or, The Spell”, in The Shepherd’s Week. In Six Pastorals, London: […] R. Burleigh […], →OCLC, page 35, lines 83–84:

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