flapperdom
ər noun
1.
something broad and flat used for striking or for making a noise by striking.
2.
a broad, flat, hinged or hanging piece; flap.
3.
a young woman, especially one who, during the 1920s, behaved and dressed in a boldly unconventional manner.
4.
a young bird just learning to fly.
5.
Slang. the hand.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person or thing that flaps |
| 2. | (in the 1920s) a young woman, esp one flaunting her unconventional dress and behaviour |
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Word Origin & History
flapper
"forward young woman," 1921 slang, from flap (v.), but the exact connection is disputed. Perhaps from flapper "young wild-duck or partridge" (1747), with ref. to flapping wings while learning to fly; but other suggested sources are late 19c. northern Eng. dialectal use for
"teen-age girl" (on notion of one with the hair not yet put up), or an earlier meaning "prostitute" (1889), which is perhaps from dial. flap "young woman of loose character" (1610s). In Britain the word took on political tones in ref. to the debate over voting rights.
" 'Flapper' is the popular press catch-word for an adult woman worker, aged twenty-one to thirty, when it is a question of giving her the vote under the same conditions as men of the same age." ["Punch," Nov. 30, 1927]
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