Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having weights which fly out as they are revolved.

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Examples

  • Well, naked tits never appeal to me in vain, so I drew her over me with her small rump in my one hand, for she was the veriest fly-weight.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • According to Robert Kwok, the Houston, Texas attorney handling the lawsuit, "Little Gavin is a fly-weight contender in a heavy-weight fight against Shone's Anamoly."

    Forest Labs Bogged Down With Celexa Legal Woes 2006

  • Also new: Her godfather had been the fly-weight champion of the world for ninety-eight days in 1951.

    Isabel’s Bed Elinor Lipman 1995

  • Also new: Her godfather had been the fly-weight champion of the world for ninety-eight days in 1951.

    Isabel’s Bed Elinor Lipman 1995

  • "Oh-h-h, hold me … close … close … oh, please …" Well, naked tits never appeal to me in vain, so I drew her over me with her small rump in my one hand, for she was the veriest fly-weight.

    Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

  • Also new: Her godfather had been the fly-weight champion of the world for ninety-eight days in 1951.

    Isabel’s Bed Elinor Lipman 1995

  • Well, naked tits never appeal to me in vain, so I drew her over me with her small rump in my one hand, for she was the veriest fly-weight.

    Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

  • The photograph of fig. 47 on the left shows the rotating fly-weight mounted directly on the turbine shaft.

    1. CONSTRAINTS AND PROBLEMS 1985

  • I launched myself for his legs but he moved to one side with the speed of a fly-weight, lifted his knee and sent me crashing against the open door.

    Fear is the Key MacLean, Alistair 1961

  • Bolsheviki, who were apparently, as told us, fighting up to keep us from going a thousand miles or so to hit the Germans a belt -- a fly-weight buffet as it were -- and when we heard of the Armistice and began digging in on a real defensive in the late fall and early winter, the

    The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Harry H. Mead

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