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Flies

//flaɪz// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of fly form-of, plural
  2. 2
    The open area above a stage where scenery and equipment may be hung. plural, plural-only

    "[…] I was born in the dressing-room, suckled in the flies, educated in the lobby, and brought up in the property-room […]"

  3. 3
    (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of fly form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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