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flappy en · ADJ

Etymology

From flap + -y.

Meanings

1. that flaps
   • The whole time we walked to the beach, Dorothy kept yanking at the flappy little skirt covering her bottom. I looked away from the poverty of her flesh, from the weave of veins that crossed her skin. 2008, Anne Spollen, The Shape of Water:
   • Two adorable fashion boys eagerly welcomed us, one in a schoolboy outfit and the other floating around in a flappy white smock-cape. 2009 July 23, Mike Albo, “A Neighborhood for Aspirations”, in New York Times:

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