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nan flaps

nan flaps is the plural of nan flap.

Meaning of nan flap

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
    Synonyms:
    bingo wings

Questions about nan flaps

What is nan flaps the plural of?
Nan flaps is the plural of nan flap.

Words near nan flaps in the dictionary

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

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