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nan flap

nan flap noun: synonym of bingo wings.

Noun

nan flap (plural nan flaps)

  1. (slang) Synonym of bingo wings.
    • To schoolchildren, meanwhile, they are forever "nan flaps" or "dinner-lady arms", or indeed the closely related "tuckshop arms", in honour of the hefty upper portions of the lady who weighs out the cola cubes and hands out the Curlywurlys.[2004 May 24, Laura Barton, “Shortcuts: Mind your language”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2014
    • She had once been, it was said, an attractive woman. Now her short sleeves showed off her bingo wings (or nan flaps, if you prefer), and her eyes were lined with resignation and contempt.2006, Anthony McGowan, Henry Tumour, London: Definitions, published 2007, page 276
    Synonyms:
    bingo wings

Synonyms of nan flap

Forms of nan flap

pluralnan flaps

Questions about nan flap

What does nan flap mean?
Nan flap means synonym of bingo wings.
What part of speech is nan flap?
Nan flap is a noun.
What is the plural of nan flap?
The plural of nan flap is nan flaps.

Words near nan flap in the dictionary

  1. Namyats
  2. Namyung
  3. namé
  4. namés
  5. nan
  6. nan flap
  7. nan flaps
  8. Nan Mountains
  9. Nan Yang
  10. Nan'an
  11. Nan'ao

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