flapper

flapper englannista suomeksi

1. flapper

flapper englanniksi

1. A young girl usually between the ages of 15 and 18, especially one not "out" socially.

2. {{quote-book|en|year=1934|author=James T. Farrell|title=The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan|chapter=16

3. A young woman, especially when unconventional or without decorum or displaying daring freedom or boldness; now particularly associated with the Age of the 1920s. (defdate)

4. (RQ:Saki Reginald in Russia)

5. (RQ:Fitzgerald Flappers)

6. (quote-journal)

7. {{quote-book|en|year=2002|author=Rena Sanderson|chapter=8: Women in Fitzgerald's Fiction|editor=Ruth Prigozy|title=The Cambridge Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=S8ge74PaZdwC&pg=PA143|page=143

8. (quote-book)

9. One who or that which flaps.

10. (RQ:Swift Gulliver's Travels)

11. A young game bird just able to fly, particularly a wild duck.

12. 1904, F. Henry Yorke, "Our American Game Birds: Their Life History and Mode of Hunting Them," ''Field and Stream'', Vol. 9, no. 3 (July 1904), pp. 255—56:

Small fish, and frog and fish spawn are also eaten, and the ducklings feed upon many species of animalculæ, flies, pollywogs and worms, etc., disturbed by heavy rains which wash the banks, while the young ducks are passing to the "flapper" stage.

13. A flipper; a limb of a turtle, which functions as a flipper or paddle when swimming.

14. (quote-text)

15. A valve.

16. {{quote-text|en|year=2004|author=David Day; Albert Jackson|title=Popular Mechanics Complete Home How-to|page=356

17. The hand.

18. Any injury that results in a loose flap of skin on the fingers, making gripping difficult.