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  • fly pen
    [etym?] n. a fountain pen or ballpoint pen. (San Sal., Mayag.)
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  • flying tiger
     [from its ferociousness] n. a large mosquito (sp?): 1817 The greatest obstacles I meet with are the long-legs, mosquitoes, and sand-flies. These [places]
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  • flying ants
    [Car.] n. the termite in its winged phase. (Gen.)
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  • fly-house
    [etym?], n. a fungus (sp?): Fly-house have a big round bob on top (Andros). = BUFFALO 
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  • fly-by-night
    [OED, one who defrauds his landlord or creditors by decamping in the night; W3, adj. unreliable] n. one who talks irresponsibly.
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  • flux stomach
    [cf. OED flux excessive discharge (e.g. from bowels)] n. diarrhea with flatulence: Them chocolate give me flux stomach (Nassau). (Black)
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  • flusteration
    [US dial, idem ADD; from fluster, per­haps influenced by frustration] n. fluster: 1918 She was in one flusteration (Parsons 46). (Black) 
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  • flum-flum
    [etym, uncertain, but cf. DJE fum-fum food pounded in a mortar] n. a vegetable stew made of yams, potatoes and green beans:
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  • flowers
    [Car.] n. sing. or pl. a flower: I don't know that flowers (Andros). (Black) -v. [from the n.] to flower; bloom: The
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  • flower plants
    n. potted house plants. (Gen.)
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