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Definition of Floppers
1. flopper [n] - See also: flopper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Floppers
Literary usage of Floppers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"Never saw such lackadaisical floppers as the sea-sickly women ; but take the lot,
they 're all either unwholesome or unhealthy. ..."
2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1800)
"... floppers of a conic form in the part that enters the neck of the bottle, and
broad and flat at the other end. ..."
3. The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: Comprising His Letters, Private by Rufus King (1897)
"... floppers (for their's are the only papers I have lately recd.) who tell me
that I am a fool, a lunatic, a minion & a great many other things equally ..."
4. Bermuda Past and Present: A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Somers by Walter Brownell Hayward (1910)
"... wild passion vines trail across the rocks; wherever there is moisture and a
handful of soil the life plant sends up shoots laden with " floppers. ..."
5. Indiana Historical Society Publications by Indiana Historical Society (1911)
"... watch these annual floppers, and turn them over into their respective camps.
It was generally seen in the forenoon which party was capturing the largest ..."
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