"What did I tell you? The thing clings like a flypaper," Josella observed to me.
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Flypaper
/ˈflaɪˌpeɪpɚ/
Synonyms for "flypaper" (8 found)
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6 entriesadhesive stripfunding stickinessglue stripgrant retentionlocal budget driftsticky pad
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6 entriesadhesive flypaperflypaper effectflypaper rollflypaper stripflypaper trapsticky flypaper
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He gets flypapered by a task that should be turned over to a subordinate.
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Cover painting that flypapered the eyes were very important to G-8 sales, and Frederick Blakeslee's mixing of fantasy with the realistic texture of machines had a hypnotic effect on impressionable coin-holders.
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In 'The Vertical Ladder," a hapless adolescent is flypapered fast in perpetuity, a mean little speck, on the mast of implacability.
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