Flaps
[flæps]
Examples
- The flaps of his waist-coat came half-way down his thighs, and the ends of his cravat reached to his waist. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- To one pair of strings there were glued, back to back, two sheets of paper, which, when folded over, formed the flaps of the portfolio. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It was in shape something like the cloak of a modern hussar, having similar flaps for covering the arms, and was called a Sclaveyn, or Sclavonian. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Very well, said I, perhaps pockets and flaps, perhaps not. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Shall the waistcoat be made with pockets and flaps, pray? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- What ship comes sailing home from India, and what English lady is this, married to a growling old Scotch Croesus with great flaps of ears? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A card inclosed within the middle envelope, over which have been folded all the others, is found to have disappeared when the flaps are opened again. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Whenever the flag flaps, he would learn, it was a prayer also, very beneficial to the gentleman who paid for the flag and to the land generally. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His method was to have a spectator draw a card, which he then placed between the four sheets of paper which, folded crosswise, formed the flaps of his portfolio. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It was only necessary, then, to open the latter in one direction or the other to render it impossible to open more than one of the two sets of flaps. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
Edited by Dwight