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Flannery

Flannery proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Flannery (plural Flannerys)

  1. A surname from Irish.
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  2. A convention using a 2♦ opening bid to show a hand of minimal opening bid strength (11-15 high card points) with exactly four spades and five (or sometimes six) hearts.

Forms of Flannery

pluralFlannerys
alternative formFlanary
alternative formFlanery

Origin of Flannery

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Flannabhra (“descendant of Flannabhra”), a personal name derived from flann (“blood red”) + abhra (“eyebrow”). The bridge convention was invented by American player William (Bill) L. Flannery.

Questions about Flannery

What does Flannery mean?
Flannery means a surname from Irish.
What part of speech is Flannery?
Flannery is a proper noun.

Words near Flannery in the dictionary

  1. flannels
  2. flannelweed
  3. flannelweeds
  4. flannely
  5. flannen
  6. Flannery
  7. Flannerys
  8. flannie
  9. flannies
  10. Flannigan
  11. Flannigans

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