The Grapes of Wrath vocabulary

1 slang vocabulary words

< select a category
1 [slang] words
fly
help & settings
[x]
help with word

fly

help with notes  notes: {adj}
help with tags  tags: [slang]
help with definition
► definition
Definition:
from the Grapes of Wrath example, horny; randy; although I cannot find a dictionary that agrees.
---
1. (slang, dated) Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp.
2. (slang) Well dressed, smart in appearance.
3. (slang) Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
4. (slang, chiefly Doric) Sneaky

text from Wiktionary, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
help with use text
► uses
Uses:
"[...] 'I know what you come for; the bull's out in back a the barn.' Well, they took the heifer out there an' Willy an' Elsie sat on the fence to watch. Purty soon Willy got feelin' purty fly. Elsie looks over an' says, like she don't know, 'What's a matter, Willy?' Willy's so randy, he can't hardly set still. 'By God,' he says, 'by God, I wisht I was a-doin' that!' Elsie says, 'Why not, Willy? It's your heifer.' "

John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath, p.75 (1939)
help with search help with search