flypaper

noun

fly·pa·per ˈflī-ˌpā-pər

: paper coated with a sticky often poisonous substance for killing flies

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One defense, beginning in the late eighteen-hundreds, was flypaper, sheets of which were coated on one side with an oleaginous substance that lured flies, then permanently trapped them. —

David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024 In 1923, according to the Baltimore Afro-American newspaper and other accounts, one patient got into a disagreement with a younger guard who taunted him and covered his mouth with sticky flypaper. —

Donna M. Owens, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2024 For liberals, however, the idea is flypaper for falsehoods. —

Rhoda Feng, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023 Lesser known than other carnivorous plants, the butterwort is the flypaper of the carnivorous plant world. —

Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2021 See all Example Sentences for flypaper