flyman

Definitions

1. Someone who drives the type of coach called a fly.
   UK, historical
2. Someone who operates a fly system in a theatre.

Examples

“When driving round and about Cromer, our flyman pointed out "Poppy Land⟳" to me.”

“Who does not know⟳ the "Copper Horse" at Windsor--that equestrian statue at the end⟳ of the Long Walk⟳ to which (and back again) the local flyman always offers to drive⟳ the tourist?”

“She is as considerate for the flyman waiting for her on a rainy night as she would be for her father's coachman and horses, remembering that the flyman is quite as liable to catch⟳ cold as the coachman, and has fewer facilities for curing himself.”

“Derrick gave his small portmanteau to the flyman and told him to drive⟳ there, and he himself set⟳ out walking.”

“The flyman touched his hat, turned the horse, and drove back as directed.”

“A contemporary picture in The Illustrated London News shows a steam train⟳, and Bradshaw's times are incompatible with horse-traction, but "Medicus" stated in The Times that on February 9 the 12.45 up train⟳ was worked to the junction by "an old grey horse, in charge of Evans, the Moulsey flyman," that the trip⟳ took 20 min., and that this sort⟳ of thing was of daily occurrence.”

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