Wort des Tages
26 March 2026
flyboy
A man employed to clear the printed copies from the printing press.
Warum dieses Wort
The name comes from the fly, the frame at the delivery end where sheets landed, not from anything airborne; the flyboy lifted them off in time with the press, so his pace was set by the machine.
In use
Back then you had a flyboy on the delivery end all shift, and if he fell behind the whole run got creased.
Written by our editors to show how the term is used, not a recorded quotation.