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Definition of Flitters
1. flitter [v] - See also: flitter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flitters
Literary usage of Flitters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Douglas Hyde, Charles Welsh, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
"flitters, aged eleven, sucking the tail of a red herring, as a member of the
weaker and gentler sex ... Of the genus street Arab flitters is a fair type. ..."
2. Our Animal Friends: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1893)
"He belongs to the janitor's little girl, and all the men in the offices have a
kind word for flitters as they go in and out. ..."
3. A Southern Woman's Story by Phoebe Yates Pember (1879)
"... were substituted, he still called them by the same name, leading me to suppose
that "scribbled eggs and flitters" was his generic term for food. ..."
4. Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts: With Notes and References to by Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, John Thomas Cook (1876)
"... 1874 flitters v. Allfrey. was adjudged by the judge of the said court that
the now plaintiff was not tenant from week to week, but from 3'ear to year ..."
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