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flying mouse

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flying mouse1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences

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But Preston’s description of the bats as “stinky flying mice” seems designed to make us recoil in disgust over a custom we don’t understand.

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It’s obviously too late for new controls to protect the “flying mouse,” but research by the IUCN’s bumblebee team will now seek to find out how endangered the species has become.

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“In August, it’s bats. Oh my God, they drive me nuts. I call them flying mice.”

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Aderke wanted to run and help the poor, poor woman-prisoner, but the flying mouse threw itself towards the entrance and having spread out its wings guarded with its own body its outrageous comrades.

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At this juncture the queen of the fairies came in a chariot, drawn by flying mice, placed Tom by her side, and drove through the air without stopping till they arrived at her palace.

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