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They bragged of chipped gears that was shipped through with the bad cogs covered with grease, of flawy drivin' shafts, of cheesy armor-plate that you could puncture with a tack-hammer.

From The House of Torchy by Brown, Arthur William

On the 21st, the day of the battle, the wind was still from the west, light and flawy, with a heavy swell and signs of approaching storm.

From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver