lady-fly

English

Noun

lady-fly (plural lady-flies)

  1. (obsolete) A ladybird.
    • 1714, J[ohn] Gay, “Thursday; or, The Spell”, in The Shepherd’s Week. In Six Pastorals, London: […] R. Burleigh […], →OCLC, page 35, lines 83–84:
      This lady-fly I take from off the graſs, / Whoſe ſpotted back might ſcarlet red ſurpaſs.
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