flimsy
adjective
without material strength or solidity.
flimsies
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pluralof flimsy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Otto, melodramatically helped by various Black-Fronters, fled the country, started his years of writing and smuggling through revolutionary flimsies and stickers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Army lieutenant in trackman's flimsies stepped into the discus ring.
From Time Magazine Archive
No fisherman upon the sea ever tangled fish more successfully than we women with our flimsies.
From The Valley of the Moon by Jack London
But, Captain, sit down here, and overhaul our flimsies.
From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
If there are no flimsies, the leaf opposite a plate often shows a set-off from it and is sometimes specially badly foxed.
From Fine Books by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard
