And the flapper, with a sinful pride, had shown him off to the family.
Fleur was not a flapper, not one of those slangy, ill-bred young females.
I tried to get advance information, but she blushed and giggled like any other flapper.
The flapper gives him one long look, then bows her head.
The young flappers were no doubt better engaged.
Examplesofflapper
flapper
Such comments evoke more familiar anxieties over the 'boyish'flapperor 'masculine' women's fashions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I believe there is oneflapperamong them of the age of 18.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The younger generation of girls to-day are not as keenly concerned with the cinemas as the word "flapper" might induce people to believe.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
People had the vote at 18 in the 1919 election in this country—theflapperelection.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We were told that the flappers wanted votes.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
You have to add to this something like 100 other meetings that are commonly called "flapper" meetings, at which horses are raced.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am one of those who opposed the flapper's vote, but.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The same remark applies to the so-calledflappervote.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am all in favour of the "flapper" vote.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Do "goods" in this particular case include flappers as well?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am prepared to see that theflapperhas her rights.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
At the last election we heard a good deal of talk about theflapperand the flapper's vote.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That was an argument against the later proposal for the general franchise, popularly known as the "flapper" vote.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The question of the storage of cigarettes and chocolates is not going to inconvenience even the smallestflapperin these days.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We are not talking about theflappervoter earning her cosmetics allowance, but about families in which the woman's wage is a vital contribution to domestic solvency.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.