"human fly"

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED has this from 1919 and 1960 but fails to define it: "a daredevil or stunt performer able to scale the sides of buildings or other nearly sheer surfaces."

  1950 George H. Plympton, David Mathews, & Joseph F. Poland_Atom Man vs. Superman_ (film): A human fly is creating a disturbance by climbing the Commerce Building.

  JL


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