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flapper

noun [C]
 
 
/ˈflæp.ər/ US  //

Definition

in the 1920s, a fashionable young woman, especially one showing independent behaviourTwentieth century
(Definition of flapper noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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