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flying buttress
noun
Examples of flying buttress in a Sentence
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Word History
1669, in the meaning defined above
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“Flying buttress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flying%20buttress. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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