flews
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of flews
First recorded in 1565–75; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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He has a houndlike face, with droopy flews.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2020
The lips are darkly pigmented and are pendulous, falling squarely in front and, toward the back, in loose hanging flews.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2010
As she ran, her delicate, golden-colored flews skimmed the ground; her sensitive nostrils questioned almost every blade of grass, her brain automatically registering every particle of information so obtained, and guiding her feet accordingly.
From Jan A Dog and a Romance by Norman Rockwell
From the stop to the point of the nose should be fairly long, the nostrils wide, and the jaws of nearly equal length; flews not to be pendulous.
From Dogs and All about Them by Robert Leighton
It was for the sheer joy it brought him that he ran now with low-hanging flews, drinking in the scent he followed.
From Jan A Dog and a Romance by Norman Rockwell
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