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Flapper   /flˈæpər/   Listen
Flapper

noun
1.
A young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress.





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"Flapper" Quotes from Famous Books



... with outstretched wings will dash madly on the surface of the water, and behaving much in the same way as a flapper chased by a dog, throw itself into the air, and dive suddenly on alighting again: in a moment this is taken up by every bird on the water, until one sees the extraordinary sight of two or three hundred ducks ...
— Wild Ducks - How to Rear and Shoot Them • W. Coape Oates
... marri-e-d to a little marmaid an' wuz changed into a marman, an' never arterwards could he see th' use o' the seaboots he wore when he fell overboard, 'cos how could ye tell which boot 'ud fit a bloomin' flapper as wuz naither right, ner ...
— Gold Out of Celebes • Aylward Edward Dingle


Words linked to "Flapper" :   young woman, missy, girl, fille, miss, young lady


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