[f. FLY sb.2 + MAN sb.]
1. One who drives a fly (sb.2 sense 3 b).
1845. P. O. Directory 6 Home Co., 631/2. Bull Henry, flyman.
1879. F. W. Robinson, Coward Conscience, I. iv. Two flymen in attendance glanced in his direction, but did not solicit him as a fare—he was so horribly shabby in the daylight.
2. Theatr. A man stationed in the ‘flies’ to work the ropes, etc.
1883. H. Irving, in Lond. Figaro, 6 Jan., 15/3. The flyman may be said to carry some of the destiny of the performance in the hollow of his hand.
