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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1923

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FLAPPY, adj. Flighty; tomboyish (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., Add.).Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. Add. 340:
A flappy wainch.

[From n.Eng. dial. flap, a hoyden, obs. Eng. flap, a loose woman, from the v. flap.]

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