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flews

[ flooz ]

plural noun

  1. the large, pendulous sides of the upper lip of certain dogs, as bloodhounds.


flews

/ fluːz /

plural noun

  1. the fleshy hanging upper lip of a bloodhound or similar dog
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of flews1

First recorded in 1565–75; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flews1

C16: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

Then Finn turned to his mate and affectionately licked her low-hanging ears, flews, and dewlap.

It was for the sheer joy it brought him that he ran now with low-hanging flews, drinking in the scent he followed.

The brows are prominent; the flews very long—sometimes a couple of inches—and the nostrils large and well dilated.

Yesterday I'd ben willin to bet a 20-cent seegar that my gal, Maria, would 'er lep cross one of the flews of Haydies for me.

Jan licked at it, cutting his deep flews as he did so on the uneven edges of the tin.

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