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flannelled fool

flannelled fool noun: a cricketer (from the white flannel trousers they traditionally wear).

Noun

flannelled fool (plural flannelled fools)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) A cricketer (from the white flannel trousers they traditionally wear).

Forms of flannelled fool

pluralflannelled fools

Questions about flannelled fool

What does flannelled fool mean?
Flannelled fool means a cricketer (from the white flannel trousers they traditionally wear).
What part of speech is flannelled fool?
Flannelled fool is a noun.
What is the plural of flannelled fool?
The plural of flannelled fool is flannelled fools.

Words near flannelled fool in the dictionary

  1. flannelgraph
  2. flannelgraphs
  3. flanneling
  4. flannell
  5. flannelled
  6. flannelled fool
  7. flannelled fools
  8. flannellike
  9. flannelling
  10. flannells
  11. flannelly

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