flyboy

flyboy
/fluy"boy'/, n.
1. Print. fly1 (def. 35b).
2. Slang.
a. a member of an aircrew, esp. a pilot.
b. any member of the U.S. Air Force.
[1835-45; FLY1 + BOY]

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