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flyspeck

[ flahy-spek ]

noun

  1. a speck or tiny stain from the excrement of a fly.
  2. any minute spot.
  3. Plant Pathology. a disease of pome fruits, characterized by small, raised, dark spots on the fruit, caused by a fungus, Leptothyrium pomi.


verb (used with object)

  1. to mark with flyspecks.

flyspeck

/ ˈڱɪˌɛ /

noun

  1. the small speck of the excrement of a fly
  2. a small spot or speck
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to mark with flyspecks
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of flyspeck1

First recorded in 1850–55; fly 1 + speck
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He pared away the flyspecks and stray hairs and human impulses.

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Its discretion in setting deportation priorities is in keeping with preceding administrations — and deserves restraint from judges asked to flyspeck it, not interference.

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“Look, I’m not going to flyspeck this,” the president added.

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My hometown, Gibsland, a flyspeck of a place, was and is majority Black.

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In Sunday’s filing, prosecutors said the bar for overturning a jury verdict should be very high and that judges should reject the “invitation to flyspeck the jury’s verdict in hopes of a better outcome.”

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