Meaning of flap doodle | Babel Free

Definitions

A spinner blade attached to a fly at the bend of the hook.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“That the demoralization has reached such proportions that the " whole head is sick," per consequence of heroic doses of "flap doodle," and "the whole heart is faint," because of efforts to escape from obedience to "the weighty matters of the law — judgment, mercy, and faith."”

“Are you looking for a lathe loaded down with a lot of "jim-cracks" and "flap doodles," or do you want a husky, easily handled tool without a dngle useless feature?”

“as to whether our English cousins are fully justified in appyling such opprobrious terms as “hocus pocus" and “flap doodle finance” to these various measures.”

“And no wonder . . . dressed as she be an all them fancy flap doodles, curls and laces.”

“What just about everybody does agree on is that a flap doodle will often increase your chances of hooking a king salmon. A flap doodle is nothing more than a small spinner blade attached to the rear of the fly, and it's nothing new.”

CEFR level