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flappy, a.|ˈflæpɪ|
[f. flap v. + -y1.]
†1. = flabby a. 1. Obs.
1598Florio, Impassire..to grow flappy, withered, or wrimpled [1611 to grow flappie and wrimpled].
2. dial. (See quots.)
1846Brockett N.C. Words (ed. 3) Flappy, wild, irregular, unsteady. ‘An old flappy body’. 1892Northumbld. Gloss., Flappy, uneven, unsteady. ‘The carpet's lyin' aall flappy’.
3. That flaps.
1905Chesterton Club of Queer Trades iii. 91 He rose..flapping like a seal... He flapped a plaid shawl over his..arm..he flapped his eyelids... He was a..clergyman, of a flappy and floppy type. 1908Daily Chron. 9 Oct. 7/1 Sailors, with bare feet and flappy blue trousers. 1924Scribner's Mag. Aug. 200/2 A flappy little bag of gray and silver beads. 1965M. Bradbury Stepping Westward iv. 205 Old ladies in flappy dresses. |