flanning
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flanning
1840–50; dial. flan to splay + -ing 1
Example Sentences
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I recklect there was at our school, in Smithfield, a chap of this milksop, spoony sort, who appeared among the romping, ragged fellers in a fine flanning dressing-gownd, that his mama had given him.
From The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush by William Makepeace Thackeray
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