“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
FLYPAPER
flypaper
(noun) paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
flypaper (countable and uncountable, plural flypapers)
A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it
Synonyms
• fly ribbon
Verb
flypaper (third-person singular simple present flypapers, present participle flypapering, simple past and past participle flypapered)
To cause something to become stuck with, or as if with, flypaper.
Source: Wiktionary
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