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flyman

noun
fly·​man | \ ˈflÄ«-mÉ™n How to pronounce flyman (audio) , -ËŒman\

Definition of flyman

: a worker in the flies of a theater who manipulates curtains and scenery

Examples of flyman in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 Rogers was a flyman, managing pieces of equipment that move overhead. — Leah Garchik, SFChronicle.com, "The pain of loving an easy-to-love opera: Get over it," 9 June 2019

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First Known Use of flyman

1881, in the meaning defined above

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