Fly-boyThe boy in a printing-office who lifts the printed sheets off the press. He is called the fly-boy because he catches the sheets as they fly from the tympan (q.v.) immediately the frisket (q.v.) is opened. This is now generally performed by the pressmen. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Fly-boy from Infoplease:
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