Synonyms for flyspeck:
noun tiny mark, drop
noun speck
noun tiny bit
Examples of uses:
You wanna give up your freedom for this flyspeck on a roadmap?
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I'll tell you something, mister. That is the last time you get me to flyspeck Delos.
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As you can see, Governor, our depot is under construction, and we have already drawn up plans to turn this flyspeck into a functioning railroad junction.
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The difference is, my country's not some flyspeck in the middle of the Caribbean.
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You listen to me, you flyspeck on a mound of horseshit.
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Come, my little flyspeck. Mama is going to take you horsy-back ride.
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Headquarters has declared we must take that ridiculous flyspeck.
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Tom looked up and saw a tiny flyspeck roaring straight down at the ship.
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Title: On the Trail of the Space Pirates, author: Carey Rockwell, url: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21092/21092-h/21092-h.htm
This affair to-night is a mere flyspeck to whats coming along in a week.
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Title: Ralph, the Train Dispatcher, author: Allen Chapman, url: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38969/38969-h/38969-h.htm
But to me his ambitions seemed futile, and the whole of Long Island less important than a flyspeck on the map of the world.
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Title: The Lightning Conductor Discovers America, author: C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson and A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson, url: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29083/29083-h/29083-h.htm
