Definition of Shooflies

1. Noun. (plural of shoofly) ¹

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Definition of Shooflies

1. shoofly [n] - See also: shoofly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shooflies

shonkiest
shonkily
shonkiness
shonky
shoo
shoo-fly pie
shoo-in
shoo-ins
shoo away
shoo fly
shoo off
shoobie
shoobies
shood
shooed
shooflies (current term)
shoofly
shoofly pie
shoofti
shoogie
shoogied
shoogies
shoogle
shoogled
shoogles
shooglier
shoogling
shoogly
shooi
shooing

Literary usage of Shooflies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reflections of a Lawyer by Morris Salem (1911)
"Two shooflies in citizens' clothes are sei downtown to give you their ... Some of the mine plaints made by the shooflies are for fail have their shoe laces ..."

2. American City Government by Charles Austin Beard (1912)
"... their attempt to hold patrolmen to the faithful discharge of their duties is the use of plain- clothes detectives or " shooflies," as they are called. ..."

3. The Imperial Valley and the Salton Sink by Harry Thomas Cory, William Phipps Blake (1915)
"shooflies Nos. 1 to 7, inclusive, were at an elevation of —250 ft. or more. Shoofly No. 11 is 39 miles long, and follows the —200-ft. contour, ..."

4. Wood-using Industries of New York by John Tyre Harris (1913)
"Hickory and chestnut are used for " shooflies," a device with long fingers for freeing the sheets of paper from cylinder presses. ..."

5. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches. a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1892)
"And of the Arabs, the shooflies, and the Wimbledon Hornets ? Every •dog has his day, is a saying that applies here as elsewhere, and the ' glorious ..."

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