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flying kite

noun

Nautical.
  1. any of various sails set above the royals or skysails in light weather; jolly jumper.
  2. any of various light upper staysails, studdingsails, or jibs.
  3. (in yachting) any of various racing sails, as spinnakers or balloon jibs.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of flying kite1

First recorded in 1810–20
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To put it another way, the spars should be on the back of the flying kite, and the thread should be on the front.

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In an interview in 2014 a member of Shanghai’s Public Security Bureau said that “a fugitive is like a flying kite: even though he is abroad, the string is in China.â€

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A fugitive is like a flying kite, he said.

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Besides the sail usually carried by man-of-war schooners, she had the requisite appertenances for a royal and flying kite, or sky-sail, which, now that she was in port, were all rigged up.

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She'd have pared the claws of a flying kite; a snake does not bring forth a halter: Glyco might do what he would with his own; but it will be a brand on him as long as he lives; nor can any thing but Hell blot it out; however, every man's faults are his own.

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