Lexicographical Neighbors of Flimp
Literary usage of Flimp
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"... to flimp ') ; faire un coup d'étal ( = to shoplift) ; faire un coup de
fourchette (= to fork) ; faire un coup de radin ; faire un coup de roulette (='to ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"flimp, adj. 1 var. pron. of ' limp.' ' A flimp collar.'Glouc. (vn to limp), Leic. ..."
3. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"It feels a little flimp : ' said of linen. Fling, va to throw out in one's
calculations or arrangements. Flirt, sb. a fit of passion ; a pet. ..."
4. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"flimp, adj. ? var. pron. of ' limp.' ' A flimp collar.' Glouc. (vn to limp), Leic. ..."
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