the flyman's plot
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
The list of all the articles required by the flyman in the play produced.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “the flyman's plot” mean?
The list of all the articles required by the flyman in the play produced.
Is “the flyman's plot” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.