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Lightflies

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

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Interviewer: And- and did you have those that, ah- that shine off and on? Speaker: Oh, lightflies! Interviewer: What- what are they? Speaker: Lightflies! Interviewer: Lightflies? Speaker: Yeah. You see them in the dark- Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Flying. Oh, I couldn't think of what they're- Interviewer: Yeah. Did you have much of them? Speaker: Used to then. They stayed mostly around the fall, ah, where you're cleaning up, ah, land. Man I used to see the- almost, ah- do without a lantern. The great big fellows. Interviewer: What were they like? Speaker: Ah, just, ah, as they were putting their- lift their wings away or-something, the- the- just flashes like that. Opened up the light.
Fireflies