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[flap] / flæp /




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Whether customers borrow a Dior Saddle or a Chanel Flap, they can keep it as long as they wish—as long as they pay the membership fee—or swap a bag for another style after 30 days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Flap is a guy who uses words like “quisling” and blames “pregnancy paranoia” for his wife’s cheating accusations.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2023

Flap the upper half down over the string to create a daytime hiding place and check it every afternoon, sweeping the resting caterpillars into soapy water.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2022

Flap, an African American officer with an Afro and a goatee.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2018

I kept working and whistling Old Flap on, pretending I hadn’t seen nothing atall.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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