Meaning of flap-doodle | Babel Free
Definitions
Noun. [C1]
Examples
“On inquiry what the little brass seal was, the prophetess said, " Oh, it's only a flap-doodle of Olcott's."”
“He had buttonhole bouquets and all the flap-doodles that belong⟳ to a swell feed⟳, and had his colored man grinding out music with a phonograph until the talkin' time came.”
“He still feeds fools on flap-doodle, and many of them have⟳ large and flourishing families, who will perpetuate the breed⟳ to the remotest generation.”
“Being a dramatic critic taught him all the stock⟳ situations, and all the sentimental flap-doodle of the theatre of 1870- 1900 roused every intellectual needle in him to action.”
“It is all impossible flap-doodle.”
“She's got lots of sense⟳, horse sense⟳ and flap-doodle sense⟳ all mixed up. She's got more flap-doodle sense⟳ than I have⟳; she reads books, and not long ago she give⟳ me a piece of poetry that she'd cut⟳ out of a newspaper.”
“I fixed up a few feathers and flap-doodles and made the cutest and most stylish looking bug you ever saw⟳.”
“On a trip⟳ to Alaska a few years ago, I discovered flap-doodles. These are small orange or hot-pink spinner blades attached to a fly⟳ at the bend⟳ of the hook with a small barrel swivel.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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