1888. San Francisco News Letter, 4 Feb. ‘I’m just gettin’ sick’n
tired o’ the way ’t them fly dames go on, ’n the way ’t the fellahs
hang round ’em ’n dance with ’em ’n so forth.’
Verb. (thieves’).—1. To toss; to raise; to fly the mags = to toss up
half-pence (cf., subs., sense 4).
1857. Snowden, Magistrates’ Assistant, 3rd ed., p. 447. To lift a
window, to fly a window.