FLYSPECK

PRONUNCIATION: (FLY-spek)

MEANING: noun: 1. A small dot made by the excrement of an insect, such as a fly.
2. Something tiny or insignificant.
adj.: Tiny or insignificant.
verb tr.: 1. To mark with flyspecks.
2. To examine in minute detail, especially to nitpick.

ETYMOLOGY:
From fly + speck, from Old English fleogan + specca. Earliest documented use: noun: 1723, verb: 1850.
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FLY SPOCK - how to get the baby doctor quickly to his next destination

FLY'S PECK - a kiss from a common buzzing house pest

FLY'S PECK - businessman Jeremiah Fly tried to redefine the measurement as one-tenth part of a bushel instead of the more usual one-eighth part, but his customers objected and the measure never caught on