[
US
/ˈfɫæpɝ/
]
[ UK /flˈæpɐ/ ]
[ UK /flˈæpɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress
How To Use flapper In A Sentence
- However, I went out on flapperish limb with a ruffled dress in slate grey-blue, which is remarkably flattering if a touch juvenile. Canada.com Top Stories
- I started with this 6x6 piece for a "Vintage Women" Mixed Media Monday Challenge (I should probably stay away from challenge blogs, I know, I know) - as I had leftover flappers from the 20's cards, it seemed only appropriate. Monday stuff
- I don't want Pat to be a genius, I want her to be a flapper, because flappers are brave and beautiful.
- The metal buckles had jangled and flapped, which is how the name flapper came about. Futures Imperfect
- Sweet'n'neat 20s inspired hair and make-up, including short bobs, marcel waves, heavily kohled eyes with long lashes and small dark cupid's bow lips complete the flapper feel.
- Still, if she did not shower these particular scintillating adjectives on her flapper-self, her life proclaimed them.
- We still see remaining an antitypal sketch of a wing adapted for flight in the scaly flapper of the penguin, and limbs first concealed beneath the skin, and then weakly protruding from it, were the necessary gradations before others should be formed fully adapted for locomotion. On the law which has regulated the introduction of new species
- And the "flappers" and the "knuts" -- they seem never to tire of seeing each other pass and re-pass for a solid hour on end! Over the Fireside with Silent Friends
- But the flapper was the flapper; and it was the only way ever to see that tomb. Bunker Bean
- Cocktail parties and distilled spirits became the rage - as glamorous as flappers, swing dancing, and jazz.