swatter
Example Sentences
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Especially the electronic fly swatter, encased in plastic.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2023
Additionally, you can use clear fly traps to capture the bugs who hang out in your windows, and when in doubt, a fly swatter will do the trick — you just have to be quick!
From Salon • May 10, 2022
As one Ukrainian air defence officer told the BBC, it is like trying to use a giant fly swatter which had large holes in it.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2022
Seconds later, after an offensive rebound, another TCU player had the audacity to challenge Arizona’s 7-foot shot swatter.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2022
Enthroned there under his hat, he observed our household through his un-glasses and swished the animal-tail fly swatter that denoted his station in life.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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