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Example sentences from the Web for flappers Also a hit: flappers , thanks to the success of Chicago at the Oscars that year.
The Most Popular Halloween Costumes Through the Years: 1985-2013 | Kevin Fallon| October 31, 2013| DAILY BEAST
We stood at the window watching the flappers opposite play hockey.
Shandygaff | Christopher Morley
Because the flappers had been gossiped about en masse, the whole reason for not being gossiped about had ceased.
Nonsenseorship | G. G. Putnam and Others
See his big, ugly head, an' the arms o' him like the flappers o' a win'mill!
Two Little Travellers | Frances Browne Arthur
Flappers and fluff-girls further embarrassed us with interested glances, and one of them asked for autographs.
Cavalry of the Clouds | Alan Bott
He was bare-footed, and his feet, in color and general appearance, looked a good deal like the flappers of an alligator.
The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 | Leander Stillwell
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Words related to flappers rod, wing, branch, handle, stump, projection, bough, bow, member, hook, bender, offshoot, fin, prong, biceps, triceps, flipper, upper arm
A nickname given to young women in the 1920s who defied convention by refusing to use corsets, cutting their hair short, and wearing short skirts, as well as by behavior such as drinking and smoking in public. (See Jazz Age and Roaring Twenties.)
Words nearby flappers flapjack, flapless amputation, flap operation, flappable, flapper, flappers , flapping tremor, flappy, flaps, flap valve, flare
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