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flower child

flower child noun: a hippie involved with the flower power movement.

Noun

flower child (plural flower children)

  1. (US, historical) A hippie involved with the flower power movement.
    • While the men in the family have made their mark in the world, Mrs. McBride has simply lurked around the house becoming an aging flowerchild and spaced-out heroin addict.1977 April 9, Don Shewey, “Guare's Rich and Famous”, in Gay Community News, page 11

Forms of flower child

pluralflower children

Questions about flower child

What does flower child mean?
Flower child means a hippie involved with the flower power movement.
What part of speech is flower child?
Flower child is a noun.
What is the plural of flower child?
The plural of flower child is flower children.

Words near flower child in the dictionary

  1. flower bugs
  2. flower car
  3. flower cars
  4. flower chafer
  5. flower chafers
  6. flower child
  7. flower children
  8. flower clock
  9. flower clocks
  10. flower cluster
  11. flower clusters

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