Definition of Flinchers

1. Noun. (plural of flincher) ¹

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Definition of Flinchers

1. flincher [n] - See also: flincher

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flinchers

flimp
flimped
flimping
flimps
flims
flimsier
flimsies
flimsiest
flimsily
flimsiness
flimsinesses
flimsy
flinch
flinched
flincher
flinchers
flinches
flinching
flinchingly
flincht
flinchy
flinder
flindermice
flindermouse
flinders
flindosa
flindosy
fling off
flinger

Literary usage of Flinchers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"An awful warning to all '' flinchers'' occurred shortly before Mr. Hunt's arrival. A young naval officer had recently been sent out by the emperor to take ..."

2. Works of Fisher Ames: With a Selection from His Speeches and Correspondence by Fisher Ames, Seth Ames, John Thornton Kirkland (1854)
"Our federal few ought not, I am sure, to be the advocates of Great Britain, nor yet flinchers from the truth of principles. There are ways of stating the ..."

3. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert ed Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt (1875)
"Hang 'em, flinchers ; they slunk away as soon as they had drank as much as they were able to cany, which no generous spirit would ha' done, indeed. ..."

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