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Green fly

   Also found in: Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.
(Zool.) any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.

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One night he wos took very ill; sends for a doctor; doctor comes in a green fly, with a kind o' Robinson Crusoe set o' steps, as he could let down wen he got out, and pull up arter him wen he got in, to perwent the necessity o' the coachman's gettin' down, and thereby undeceivin' the public by lettin' 'em see that it wos only a livery coat as he'd got on, and not the trousers to match.
 
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