flytime

English

Etymology

fly +‎ time

Noun

flytime (countable and uncountable, plural flytimes)

  1. The time of the year when there are a lot of flies in a certain place
    • 1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm:
      "I'll take you up and show you your room, Rebecca," Miss Miranda said. "Shut the mosquito nettin' door tight behind you, so 's to keep the flies out; it ain't flytime yet, but I want you to start right; […]
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