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flower people

American  

plural noun

  1. flower children.


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

The shop has lots of security cameras and can be locked, but Clark Plihal thinks theft is a nonissue, saying flower people “are the most honest people in the world.”

From Washington Times

“He has a team of flower people who arrange flowers for his residences,” she said.

From New York Times

Go there for her, I pray you, and you will admire with me the exquisite description of her tenderness to these 'flower people,' as Mrs. Mann calls them.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus one band would consist of frog people only, another of witchetty grub people only, another of Hakea flower people only, and so on.

From Project Gutenberg