"fly-swatter" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1900 December 14, H. M. Ayres, “Christmas Joys Are Almost Here: Wonderful Sights in the Store Windows”, in The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, volume XXXII, number 5728, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, page [7], column 2:",
          "text": "Two mechanical toys in particular are noticeable in this respect, the old man who aimed with a fly-swatter, patiently awaits the coming of mus musculus, and the twin cats with ribbons round their necks which jig joyously to each other’s fiddling on a glass-encased stage.",
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          "ref": "2005 November, Zora O’Neill, John Fisher, “Cancún, Isla Mujeres and Isla Holbox”, in The Rough Guide to The Yucatán, New York, N.Y.: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 89:",
          "text": "Although not much of the merchandise may tempt you (meat smokers, underwear and fly-swatters are on offer), it’s nice to stroll through a busy shopping area without getting the “Hey, amigo!” sales push.",
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          "ref": "2010 March, Don Dahler, chapter 2, in Water Hazard, New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 10:",
          "text": "I had a tournament coming up, and Waialae is a damn difficult course, probably the second or third hardest on the PGA tour, mainly because of its wasp-waisted fairways as narrow as seventeen yards in places and those towering coconut trees that are to golf balls what fly-swatters are to, uh, flies.",
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          "text": "Two mechanical toys in particular are noticeable in this respect, the old man who aimed with a fly-swatter, patiently awaits the coming of mus musculus, and the twin cats with ribbons round their necks which jig joyously to each other’s fiddling on a glass-encased stage.",
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