Definition of Flouncings

1. flouncing [n] - See also: flouncing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flouncings

flotsam
flotsam and jetsam
flotsams
flotson
flotsons
flotten
floud
flounce
flounced
flounces
flouncier
flounciest
flouncily
flouncing
flouncingly
flouncings
flouncy
flounder
floundered
flounderer
flounderers
floundering
flounderingly
flounderlike
flounders
flour
flour beetle
flour bin
flour corn
flour gold

Literary usage of Flouncings

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

1. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for by Horace Greeley (1910)
"... in any part thereof, however small; hemstitched or tucked flouncings or skirtings; all of the foregoing, composed wholly or in chief value of cotton, ..."

2. The Tariff of 1897 on Imports Into the United States: Together with the by United States, United States Division of Customs (1908)
"... flouncings, and other lace articles; handkerchiefs, napkins wearing apparel, and other articles, made wholly or in part of lace or in imitation of lace; ..."

3. Treasury Decisions Under Tariff and Internal Revenue Laws, Etc by Dept. of the Treasury, United States Dept. of the Treasury, United States (1899)
"This provision, as it appeared originally in the House and Senate committee bills, read: "Chiffon, or other flouncings," and it was probably in reference ..."

4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"... fabrics, or wearing apparel ; hemstitched or tucked flouncings or skirtings, and articles made wholly or in part of ..."

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