spy : Idioms & Phrases

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Northern spy

  • noun large late-ripening apple with skin striped with yellow and red
WordNet
  • (Bot.), an excellent American apple, of a yellowish color, marked with red.
Webster 1913

Spy money

  • money paid to a spy; the reward for private or secret intelligence regarding the enemy.
Webster 1913

spy satellite

  • noun a satellite with sensors to detect nuclear explosions
WordNet

Spy Wednesday

  • (Eccl.), the Wednesday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; so called in allusion to the betrayal of Christ by Judas Iscariot.
Webster 1913

Weather spy

  • a stargazer; one who foretells the weather. R. Donne.
Webster 1913