flower people
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of flower people
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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There’s something for dog people, cat people, flower people, art lovers, pop art lovers and this in black, based on a Picasso quote: Everything You Can Imagine is Real, with topsy-turvy letters.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021
It’s heavily implied that she turned into one of the sculptural flower people.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2018
It reported, for instance, that 40% of the soldiers guarding the Pentagon during last fall's peace march sympathized with the demonstrators; some, said L.N.S., actually shed their uniforms to join the flower people.
From Time Magazine Archive
The flower people were so entranced by Lloyd's reedy tenor-sax calligraphy and dazzling flute daubings that they all lay down in the aisles, hugged each other, and took a musical trip.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rand, unseen, watched the manoeuvres for a while, then coughed to let them know he was there, and presently sat down upon a root of cedar, and gave Deb his opinion of the flower people.
From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary
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