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• Flypaper — is a fly killing device made of paper coated with an extremely sticky or poisonous substance that traps flies and other flying insects when they land upon it.DescriptionVarious formulas exist for the coating of the flypaper; An ideal coating… …   Wikipedia

• flypaper — fly pa per (fl[imac] p[=a] p[ e]r), n. A strip of paper that is coated with a sticky substance and suspended from an overhead object to trap and kill flies; also, a similar paper poisoned so as to kill flies on contact. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• flypaper — 1851 (though the item itself is said to have become commonly available in London in 1848), from FLY (Cf. fly) (n.1) + PAPER (Cf. paper) …   Etymology dictionary

• flypaper — ► NOUN ▪ sticky, poison treated strips of paper that are hung indoors to catch and kill flies …   English terms dictionary

• flypaper — [flī′pā΄pər] n. a sticky or poisonous paper set out to catch or kill flies …   English World dictionary

• Flypaper — Filmdaten Originaltitel Flypaper Produktionsland Vereinigte Staaten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• flypaper — UK [ˈflaɪˌpeɪpə(r)] / US [ˈflaɪˌpeɪpər] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms flypaper : singular flypaper plural flypapers long pieces of paper covered with a sticky poisonous substance, used for catching and killing flies …   English dictionary

• Flypaper (film) — Infobox Film name = Flypaper image size = caption = Flypaper DVD cover director = Klaus Hoch producer = David R. Ginsburg writer = Klaus Hoch narrator = starring = Craig Sheffer Robert Loggia Sadie Frost Talisa Soto Lucy Liu music = Peter Manning …   Wikipedia

• Flypaper theory — The term flypaper theory has two distinct meanings:*In economics, the flypaper theory is the idea that the burdens of taxation stick to those taxed directly instead of spreading through the economy. *In military strategy, the flypaper theory is… …   Wikipedia

• Flypaper theory (economics) — The flypaper theory of tax incidence is a pejorative term used by economists to describe the assumption that the burden of a tax, like a fly with flypaper, sticks wherever it first lands. Economists point out several flaws with the assumption:*… …   Wikipedia