flapper
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Sam Gallagher and Yash Thakkar, both English majors, dub her Jordan—after the flapper and semipro golfer in “The Great Gatsby”—when they learn that she gave up a golf scholarship her freshman year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
Underneath, dresses of scalloped sequins and draped fringe recall flapper looks with contemporary discipline.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2024
Even in the 1920s, there were high-profile flapper divorces and, everybody's like, oh my God, society is crumbling.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2024
The team made two robots: a large flapper robot modeled after a moth to better understand how the wings worked, which they deployed in water.
From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 2023
I dug through my room until I found the flapper headband I’d worn on Halloween.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
Vocabulary lists containing flapper
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
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American History - Middle School
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American History - High School
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