An OED Appeal for "blue-arsed fly"
3,296 views · Published 4 October 2012 · 1:15 · Indexed 19 October 2026
Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2012 · Education
Can you help the lexicographers of the Oxford English Dictionary find an earlier example of the word "blue-arsed fly" in English writing? http://www.oed.com/appeals
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