| 单词 | flapper |
| 例句 | I’d been afraid that maybe she had turned into a flapper with spit curls and spike heels and she might not like me. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The bride wore a white-fringed flapper dress and black spiked boots. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I dug through my room until I found the flapper headband I’d worn on Halloween. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z This time, I lingered out by the bar, and then, when the flapper girl grabbed me, I joined her dancing in the mosh pit. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The flapper dresses the contestants wore back then were wack like that! Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The machine men tumbled down the stairs, and Leo forced them to jitterbug like 1920s flappers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When we went in, the room was already crowded—babies, children of all ages, and women of all kinds: nuns, spike-heeled flappers, lame grandmothers, fat mothers and thin ones, brave ones and sniffling ones. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore a short green flapper dress fringed at the hemline. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She put a bowl on my head, cut off all the hair beneath it, and told me I looked like a flapper. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘Lady,’ he said, could you fold your flappers, please? Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It is not as if Piggy were a flapper, you see. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Actually,” she says, “you look like a flapper. Do you know what that is?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Go play with the autos and the flappers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She also didn’t style her hair in a flapper bob, but instead let her long, black hair flow over her back, revealing her striking face, with its high cheekbones and big brown eyes. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Grandma Smith was a West Texas flapper who loved dancing and cussing and horses. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z "I think,” said Ernestine, "it would be disgraceful. After all, a mother’s a mother, not a silly flapper.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z At one point, the dancers appeared dressed as flappers, twirling wildly to jazzy music. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Now he’s got his eye on us. Now we got to be careful and not make no slips. You keep your big flapper shut after this.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z That was a flapper thing to do and Andrea was only in eighth grade. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The other, the one the company is now remounting, makes Violetta an American flapper in the 1920s. L.A. Opera opens season with flat, clumsy 'La Traviata' 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z A possibility is flapper meaning “a young bird when first trying its wings,” or the 17th century flap meaning “young woman of loose character.” Our favorite bits of 1920s slang 2013-05-09T16:09:00Z But like a too-tight flapper headband, the title doesn’t quite fit. The Big, Bold Life of the Woman Who Brought Us the ‘It Girl’ 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Expect some serious flapper attitude, pixie haircuts, pinstripe suits and wingtip shoes in fashion magazines and trendy nightclubs this year. 'Gatsby' Replicas for the Life of the Party 2013-05-15T13:49:02Z Queen Latifah is back in feathers and flapper dresses, but this time around, the movie is more La Vie en Rose than Chicago. Queen Latifah Sings the Blues in the "Bessie" Trailer 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z More ludicrous than offensive, it stars Edward G. Robinson as the titular enforcer with Loretta Young in full flapper mode as his wayward adopted daughter. William A. Wellman, Two-Fisted Director With Heart, in Six Takes 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Among those are “Flappers in Chains,” a story of two flappers who break into an abandoned theater, and “Let Her Kick,” a courtroom drama about female athletes in the 1990s. Spare Times for Dec. 4-10 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z One woman was dressed as a flapper; another wore a long lace skirt. Texas Monthly : Let’s Talk a Bit More About Bates and Anna 2014-02-23T03:54:32Z To borrow a line from Schuyler, the plot twists get “more complicated than a flapper’s past” — and about as fun. Two Classic American Novels About the Madness and Beauty of Race 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z To many whites, they were reckless do-gooders or frivolous flappers who went too far, betraying their race and sullying their womanhood. Uncovering Strangers in a Strange Land 2013-09-03T16:40:40Z Christopher Smith’s photographs are technically self-portraits, though each evokes someone else: a sullen detective, a naked gladiator, a flapper, an inmate, a sword swallower, a cowboy, a choirboy, a corpse. A Photographer’s Elaborate Transformations in His Childhood Bedroom 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Put a bounce into it so your flapper dress waggles. How to dance … the charleston 2013-07-06T05:00:00Z If you could go back in time, where would you go?To the 20s for a little flapper dance, then forward to the 60s to be a hippy. Q&A: Jaime Winstone 2012-08-17T21:59:23Z For a while there had been a glittery headband, motif of those ultimate good-time girls, the flappers; once there were two tiny white feathery swans nestled in the dark hair in a Björkian echo. Natasha Khan on still being 'badass' 2013-02-16T09:00:00Z Tonight, as part of Milan Fashion Week, the brand’s boutique there reopens with a Harlem Renaissance-inspired design — complete with Art Deco bar and handpainted flapper mannequins — by the creative director Edward Enninful. | Prada’s Harlem Renaissance Homage 2014-02-20T17:47:29Z A boy-meets-girl story set at a finishing school on the French Riviera, the show featured flapper dress and self-consciously innocuous songs like “I Could Be Happy With You” and “Won’t You Charleston With Me?” Sandy Wilson, Composer and Writer of ‘The Boy Friend,’ Dies at 90 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z To accompany what looked like time-tested choreography, they followed their own instructions—in primary-colored neon flapper dresses. The Best of Essence Music Fest: Aretha Franklin, Mary J. Blige and D’Angelo Rock New Orleans 2012-07-09T12:00:57Z F Scott Fitzgerald with his wife Zelda: he felt that Tales of the Jazz Age would appeal to 'the countless flappers and college kids who think I am a sort of oracle'. Tales of the Jazz Age/ All the Sad Young Men by F Scott Fitzgerald – review 2013-05-12T10:00:07Z The tweed coats in particular — this one inspired by the textile designs of Louise Bourgeois — and printed flapper dresses are for a woman not afraid to wear her art on her sleeve. | Louis Vuitton Pre-Fall Collection 2011-01-13T14:00:47Z She was known as the original film flapper, and was the top box-office draw in 1926; eight years later, her final film was released. The guilty pleasure of reading Hollywood memoirs 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Biblical scenes tapped into a sentimental and pastoral Germanic tradition, he notes, while the portraits of girls resembled 1920s flappers. So Valuable, It Could Almost Be Real 2013-12-31T23:14:12Z Wearing a beaded flapper shift, Ms. Hilton moved through a room packed with hedge-fund types in Tods loafers and pastel cashmeres. In This Mardi Gras, the Beads Are Made of Pearls 2011-12-02T17:40:36Z If that doesn’t solve the problem, replace the flapper. How to update a stone-facade fireplace 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z But the adsbanking on the latest film adaptation of The Great Gatsbywould have you believe the Jazz Age was all about flappers, fashion, and parties. Our favorite bits of 1920s slang 2013-05-09T16:09:00Z Their instinct, then, is not to look around them but to adapt the myths of the last few hundred years, be they Mods, flappers or horse-riding dukes. | Fashion Review: In Milan, Trying to Leap the Obstacles 2011-03-01T00:06:14Z Ms. Stone, spindly in her flapper dresses, looks younger than 25, which makes the nearly 30-year gap between her and Mr. Firth — a discrepancy never alluded to on screen — even more striking. ‘Magic in the Moonlight’: Another Woody Allen Odd Couple 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z There are nods to 1920s flappers and ’70s punks, original gangsters and Hollywood starlets, Adolf Loos and Frank Lloyd Wright, Spanish Colonial and midcentury modernism. The Stylish Ace Hotel Opens in Los Angeles 2014-01-13T05:00:00Z Even the better behaved of Mackrell's flappers, such as Cooper, who was the daughter of a duke, lived with one eye fixed on their public persona. Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation by Judith Mackrell – review 2013-06-01T10:01:01Z These are hinted at in the trailer – all confetti and swimming pools and manically flailing flappers – and 3D is bound to bring them alive. The Great Gatsby trailer shows Baz Luhrmann putting 3D to good use 2012-05-23T14:20:42Z The term flapper originated around1921, but where it came from is uncertain. Our favorite bits of 1920s slang 2013-05-09T16:09:00Z Also simple little chemises of cream or black or shell-pink gauze, sometimes with flapper tiers, sometimes embroidered with a single, stylized silver-sequined feather or two. ‘Too Much Fashion, Too Much Clothes, Too Much Everything’ 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Each of her flappers has already been the subject of multiple biographies and one – Diana Cooper – was an acclaimed memoirist. Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation by Judith Mackrell – review 2013-06-01T10:01:01Z Having won the battle for suffrage and planted the seeds of feminism, they matured from flapper to screen siren. Review: American Women on the March 2010-05-03T12:00:00Z The dress code was "period" and the guests were wearing all kinds of things, from medieval get-ups to 1920s flapper clothes. Family life 2013-02-23T07:15:01Z Astor, “American born pioneer woman member of the House of Commons,” responded: They are not flappers; most of those 5,000,000 women who are going to vote are hard workers. Our favorite bits of 1920s slang 2013-05-09T16:09:00Z In 1926, a train which conveyed “only female workers to London each morning” was dubbed “the flapper special.” Our favorite bits of 1920s slang 2013-05-09T16:09:00Z More entertaining, if still trite, are a series of jazzy interludes for a flapper ensemble, in nightclubs and city streets. Review: Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg Goes ‘Up and Down’ 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z A painting done a year later of a lighter-skinned young woman in a chic flapper cap is titled “The Octoroon Girl,” using a term once applied to someone with one-eighth black ancestry. A Lesser-Known Modernism Inspired by African-American Culture 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The fliers garnered such a plethora of nicknames that at times the book reads like an encyclopedia of degradation: “petticoat pilots,” “ladybirds,” “flying flappers,” “powder puffs” and, of course, “fly girls.” Five Women Who Made Aviation History 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Mifflin tracks the evolution of that peculiar role alongside the shifting expectations and ideals of femininity in America, from flappers to Rosie the Riveter to Helen Gurley Brown to “empowerment” doublespeak. ‘Looking for Miss America’ Tells the History of the Legendary Pageant 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z “Few, then or now, recognized young black women as sexual modernists, free lovers, radicals and anarchists, or realized that the flapper was a pale imitation of the ghetto girl,” Hartmen writes. An Exhilarating Work of History About Daring Adventures in Love 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z When he turns his attention to a British flapper who was all the rage at age 19 in 1926, he’s drifting from a literal notion of adolescence. ‘Teenage’: Meandering look at 20th-century youth can get old 2014-05-08T19:56:59Z Or it inspires facile parallels with contemporary political movements while producing some fine folk tales about Eliot Ness, Al Capone, pious preachers, flappers, bootleggers, the Charleston and the speakeasy. Exhibition Review: ‘American Spirits’ at the National Constitution Center 2012-10-18T22:30:49Z And the flapper era was a blizzard of energy and saucy fun, wasn’t it? Review: ‘Z,’ Hardly the Last Word on the Fitzgeralds 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z As the ideal of the elongated flapper took root, women were continually urged to mask their excess. Plus-Size Wars 2010-07-29T15:41:00Z Mr. Ferguson, who studied fine arts in Rome, began hand-painting panels of leather and tulle soon after arriving in Manhattan, at one point draping an eight-foot plywood doll in a winsome flapper gown. Douglas Ferguson?s Chain-Mail Fashions on Display at Frock 2012-03-14T20:25:08Z A few imported motifs did seep into the era’s furnishings and accessories: Constructivist slashes on drinking glasses, cropped flapper hairstyles on porcelain statuettes and movie ads, and skyscrapers printed on kimonos. Antiques: The Case for a 17th-Century Female British Architect 2012-03-08T23:47:52Z The cliched flapper: In order to keep more than one century in our brains, humanity edits it down to a beaded flapper dress, rolled-down stockings and a horizontal headband with a feather in it. The Carpetbagger: Clothes and Character: ‘The Great Gatsby’ 2013-12-31T19:00:37Z Janie Taylor has outfitted Ms. Peck and Mr. Fairchild in identical green; but Ms. Peck’s long-sleeved attire features a peculiarly long Edwardian bodice on top of a brief pink flapper skirt. New York City Ballet Opens a Spring Gala, and Some Umbrellas 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Starring as the enigmatic millionaire with a dark secret is Sean Brown, ex of EastEnders, while the role of flapper Daisy is taken by Melissa Sturridge, seen in TV's The Borgias. This week's new theatre and dance 2012-08-03T23:05:34Z It’s the time to take stock of critical home issues, such as whether your toilet flappers are flapping properly. Company’s coming: Is your house hospitality-ready? Zelda, dubbed the “first American flapper” by her husband, was best known as a wild child who loved attention. Jennifer Lawrence to play jazz age icon Zelda Fitzgerald in new biopic 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z As final preparations were being made to the set, the actors — dressed in boas, fedora hats, flapper dresses and suits — lounged around awaiting their cues. Low-budget films rely on shortcuts 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z They prayed for doughboys and flappers, for the end of wars and the return of healthy economies. The Sounds of Silence 2011-06-30T21:52:05Z At the Busy Beaver Button Co. in Chicago's Logan Square, Christen Carter picks up a button from the 1920s, made of fabric painted with the face of a flapper. Preserving and showcasing buttons as historical signposts 2010-09-21T19:15:00Z On the invitation was this adaptation of a 1922 Zelda Fitzgerald quote about a flapper friend who had died: “She was never bored because she was never boring.” ‘Being Boring’: the Path to a Pop Elegy 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Odalie educates Rose in decadence, taking her to speakeasies where drunk flappers play the piano with their feet. The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell – review 2013-06-07T09:01:01Z “I would have loved to have been a flapper girl in the ’20s and ’30s, dancing around with Cocteau and Scott Fitzgerald in Paris,” she says. 2010-02-03T04:30:00Z The most promising rising star to appear at 54 Below this year is Annaleigh Ashford, a brash, saucy, latter-day flapper and alumna of the Broadway hit “Kinky Boots.” Even With 54 Below and Joe’s Pub, Cabaret’s Future Is Unclear 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z “Fast”, the byword of the era, applied not just to Soho “flappers” and Jazz Age ballrooms, but to the country-house set, too. Partying, hunting, shooting 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z She was determined to experience life, though, even if she did not subscribe to extreme behavior: domestic life versus flapper.” Books of The Times: ?Mrs. Nixon: A Novelist Imagines a Life,? by Ann Beattie - Review 2011-12-12T22:55:42Z And at Gucci there were so many flapper numbers, their architectural patterns outlined in black and gold, that the show was a study in Jazz Age opulence. A Ticket to East Egg, Please 2011-12-07T23:15:27Z They were called flappers, but most of them were more serious than what the term generally denoted. Sarah Churchwell on Gatsby 2012-07-02T11:00:00Z "A simple beaded flapper dress suddenly became maternity wear." Costumes from `The Artist,' 20 other films on view 2012-02-15T17:08:09Z “All the time the flapper is laughing and dancing, there’s a feeling of tragedy underneath,” she said once. Clara Bow: the hard-partying jazz-baby airbrushed from Hollywood history 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z “Lindsay is small and adorable, so I see her in a flapper thing in ivory silk with an overlapping handkerchief hem and a cloche,” she said. Special Issue: Gay Marriage: Ready to Wed? No, Mom. 2011-07-22T19:37:03Z He also loves the 1920s flappers whose chic cigarette cases actually carried images from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Books of The Times: ‘Egyptomania,’ by Bob Brier, Tells of the Mummy’s Lure 2013-12-15T21:11:48Z Titled, starkly, The Breakdown, it showed a naked flapper dancing the Charleston to the accompaniment of a jazz saxophonist. When flappers ruled the Earth: how dance helped women's liberation 2013-04-29T06:00:22Z The night began with a cocktail hour complete with ballerinas, flapper girls with Afghan hounds, vodka and caviar shots and plenty of champagne. At Cannes, amfAR gala returns in movie star style 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z A friend had expressed concern about a flapper costume whose feathers and silhouette seemed Native American. The Gaudy, Glittery, Gorgeously Subversive World of Taylor Mac 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z But the show’s handful of dresses from the flapper era also glitter with beadwork and embroidery — no less luxurious for being more modern. | Connecticut: At the Bruce Museum, Gowns as Works of Art 2010-07-10T00:08:00Z But as the age of mass production made more shoe styles available cheaply to more people and as the rise of the flapper brought shorter hemlines, the craze for conspicuous shoe consumption clicked. Books Of Style: Following Footprints, Down Through the Ages 2012-06-22T20:53:46Z She was also outstanding as a flapper who flips out in Sydney Pollack's They Shoot Horses, Don't They? which dealt with the world of marathon dance contests populated by Hollywood hopefuls. Susannah York obituary 2011-01-16T10:38:03Z Although the flappers floated along in a weightless limbo for most of the 1920s, by the end of the decade even they were obliged to acknowledge that things were changing. Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation by Judith Mackrell – review 2013-06-01T10:01:01Z For evening wear, the house returned to its staple trompe l’oeil effect, with maxi gowns printed with a faux lace négligée or the beaded front to a flapper dress. Special Report: Fashion: Taking Charge at Kenzo 2011-03-07T19:23:37Z Ms. Tollman was standing in her pink West Village bedroom with one of her recent wins: a lace flapper chemise that she got for $71. Up Close: Fashion on eBay, Spoken by Annabel Tollman 2010-11-18T17:42:00Z Soon after, with the advent of war and then the streamlined flapper look, feather prices crashed. Bird-Watching 2010-05-20T18:20:00Z Maybe the flapper wasn’t urban, or anyway a New Yorker, after all. On the Runway Blog: Channeling the Flapper Girl 2013-05-15T22:43:50Z “Tomorrow Will Be Better” is a wonderful depiction of everyday life in ’20s New York City beyond the familiar images of flappers and speakeasies. Review | ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’ was a classic. Does Betty Smith’s follow-up warrant reconsideration? 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z They were sewn into deep blue fabric that, at the base, branched into golden strips, like the fringes of a flapper dress splayed on the ground. The World Catches Up With Dindga McCannon 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z They cheered up afterward at Cipriani 42nd Street, across from , for an era-appropriate party with a raucous big band and a flapper dangling from a chandelier. Scene City: The Gangsters Are All Here 2013-09-04T21:57:14Z This is usually caused by a leaky flapper not sealing properly. How to tackle the home maintenance to-do list you ignored during the pandemic 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z He made a silver outfit for Rihanna’s last tour based on a garment from his disastrous 1997 gold show, as well as a clever flapper dress composed of military dog tags. Jeremy Scott, Fashion?s Last Rebel 2011-11-30T21:52:06Z The idea of Bow telling her painful life story in her own words was meant to evoke sympathy for the Brooklyn-born flapper. Photoplay magazine: the birth of celebrity culture 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z The finale of gold flapper dresses didn’t reveal anything new about that style. Fashion Review: In Milan, Prada Doesn?t Try to Purify the Sweetness - Fashion Review 2011-09-23T23:52:16Z Just Like Old Times “HELLO and welcome to the 1920s,” two women dressed as flappers said to guests arriving at a neo-Georgian building on Park Avenue and 63rd Street on Monday night. Scene City: Decades Ball Benefits Lapham?s Quarterly - Scene City 2012-05-17T20:05:37Z Wide-eyed and with an expression of manic mischief, Ms. Brown arrived onstage dressed like a flapper, in the belief that their show’s theme was “Life in the ’20s.” Review: ‘Too Blondes,’ a Cabaret of Comic Confusion 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z The stage played host to a flapper dance number, the small bar a meeting between the film's romantic leads. Growing Newport Beach Film Festival keeps a focus on the neighborhood 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z We see her as a chronicler of contemporary New York, in both its manic, flapper highs and its bread-line lows. Elaine Stritch Gives New Voice to Dorothy Parker’s Tales of Social Life, and Private Pain 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Dangerous and Funny: She’s Still a Flapper The flapper — the tough-talking party girl with bobbed hair, a spangled headband and a shocking disdain for propriety — may be an archetype associated with the 1920s. Music Review: Carole J. Bufford in ‘Speak Easy’ 2012-05-22T22:02:59Z We wanted to get away from period-drama clichés like flappers wearing fringed skirts and pearl necklaces, and recreate the genuine vernacular styles. | Filmmaker Matt Wolf on the Origins of Teenage Culture 2014-03-11T21:24:59Z In the first act, corps dancers become the vigorously stomping proletariat, and then in the second act they transform into swishing Parisian flappers. Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg dances 'Red Giselle' at Segerstrom 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z Everyone — cave dweller, 1920s flapper, medieval peasant — has existed in his or her own urgent present. ‘Manhattan’ and ‘The Knick’ Return to a Forward-Looking Past 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z "I didn't want to just do that thing where you dress up like a flapper," she said with a smile. Annie Lennox makes the past her own on 'Nostalgia' 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z The women are dressed in the style of Gatsby-esque flappers and talk like hookers who have never been dreamed of before, even by Henry Miller. Theater Review: Richard Foreman’s ‘Old-Fashioned Prostitutes’ 2013-05-08T02:00:01Z Once the flappers flee, the season looks like a winner. L.A. Opera opens season with flat, clumsy 'La Traviata' 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z The independent flappers of the 1920s were succeeded by misogynist hostility during the Great Depression, when working women were seen as taking men’s jobs. Some of America’s Most Ambitious Women Slept Here 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Born in Brooklyn, Bow, then 21, Bow was Hollywood’s prototypical flapper, the epitome of silent screen vivacity, known as the “It Girl” for her evident sex appeal. Bow and Cooper in ‘Children of Divorce’: Poor Little Silent Rich Kids 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z The stock is grouped more by function than designer or decade, with 1920s flapper dresses lined up next to 1950s prom gowns and designer pieces from the likes of Hermès and Yves Saint Laurent. Special Report: Vintage Is Singer's Tune 2010-09-21T11:46:00Z Zelda Fitzgerald, famously the inspiration for her husband F Scott's fictional flapper heroines, was also a wicked exponent of the decade's jazz dances. When flappers ruled the Earth: how dance helped women's liberation 2013-04-29T06:00:22Z The Dancers, written by Gerald du Maurier and Viola Tree, dramatised the arguments for and against liberated 1920s flappers through the stories of two very different dance-mad women. When flappers ruled the Earth: how dance helped women's liberation 2013-04-29T06:00:22Z Throughout the Roaring Twenties, her cartoons reflected what it was like to be a flapper, a “new woman” navigating Manhattan. The Lovely Nineteen-Twenties Flapper Cartoons of Barbara Shermund 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z Replacing a standard flapper, generally for less than $10, is relatively easy, he says. How to tackle the home maintenance to-do list you ignored during the pandemic 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Young flappers may have thrown off the tyranny of the corset, but they discovered the new tyranny of dieting. When flappers ruled the Earth: how dance helped women's liberation 2013-04-29T06:00:22Z Silent Running: High water bills lead a man to replace his toilet bowl flapper. Style Invitational Week 1440: It’s parody time 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z The hairdo, like a billowing crest of meringue, is a relic of the movie role she was working on: Roxie Hart was a gum-cracking flapper at the center of a murder trial. Ginger Rogers bust, sculptor’s letter displayed at National Portrait Gallery The series, complete with footmen and ottomans and -- since it's now the '20s -- marcelled hair and flapper frocks -- returns Sunday night to PBS. One last 'Downton Abbey' Friday 2013-01-04T18:55:20Z The evening started with cocktails and moved to a tent on the museum’s back lawn; many patrons were dressed as flappers to fit the Roaring Twenties theme. ‘I can’t get used to heels’: Inside D.C.’s gala season as it tries to bounce back from the pandemic 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z He and Richard enjoy the company of two flappers while listening to a broadcast of, naturally, two men fighting each other for a purse of money. Boardwalk Empire Watch: The Body of an American 2011-11-21T12:49:40Z That means flapper dresses, confetti-strew parties, popping bottles and some fabulous suits. Today's Movie Trailer: The Great Gatsby 2012-05-23T15:07:05Z Let’s not forget that defiant pop shape-shifter Madonna, a flapper to her bones, no matter what she wears. Music Review: Carole J. Bufford in ‘Speak Easy’ 2012-05-22T22:02:59Z She also didn’t style her hair in a flapper bob but, instead, let her long, black hair flow over her back, revealing her striking face, with its high cheekbones and big brown eyes. The Marked Woman 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z This is Sally as a flaming flapper, the kind hymned by F. Scott Fitzgerald and embodied by the young Joan Crawford in silent movies. Emma Stone Takes Over in ‘Cabaret’ 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z "The Great Gatsby," flapper frocks and all, will be in theaters May 10. A peek at those 'Gatsby' costumes 2013-01-22T19:17:23Z Stage left, a Parisian flapper plays xylophone, harmonica and accordion all at once. Katzenjammer – review 2012-05-24T16:48:22Z This was a Versace command performance, very far from the humdrum of Milan’s flapper girls and hot-rod prints. On the Runway Blog: The Unsinkable Donatella Versace 2011-09-24T13:57:12Z After years of intermittent, moderate success, she read the flapper novel “Flaming Youth” and begged for the part in the film. The guilty pleasure of reading Hollywood memoirs 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z On New Year's Eve, Resorts dressed six of its cocktail servers in flapper costumes, with black sequined headbands and feathers tucked inside, strands of pearls cascading down one side. Atlantic City embracing Roaring '20s party vibe 2011-01-31T12:30:15Z Her bobbed hair, known in France as the Joan of Arc cut, was appropriated by flappers in the 1920s to project female emancipation and sported by Jean Seberg in the 1957 film “Saint Joan.” ‘Joan of Arc at the Stake,’ Distilled to Her Essence at the New York Philharmonic 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Hahn made her début in the early years of The New Yorker, where she cultivated the voice of a wised-up flapper. Getting to the Bottom of a Mickey Hahn Mystery 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Adolescent flappers wore practically nothing: just a shift, step-ins and shoes with rolled stockings. Critic’s Notebook: Fashion in 2013: Runway, Red Carpet, Fashion Week and More 2013-12-27T21:59:28Z The star of the show may be the nearly three-foot-tall paper doll flapper in a red-and-white striped dress, and black shoes that match the band of her hat. Soot, Spit and Paper: James Castle’s Transfixing Worlds 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z The actor crash-lands on the couch like some 1920s flapper, complete with peroxide hair and a sheer silver dress. Kristen Stewart: ‘It's not confusing if you’re bisexual. For me, it’s the opposite’ 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Q. The popular image of Prohibition is one of flappers, speakeasies and gangsters. Lisa McGirr Discusses ‘The War on Alcohol’ and the Legacy of Prohibition 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z You bring to life a lot of different youth movements, from the Boy Scouts to German nature kids to jitterbuggers, flappers, sub-debs, Victory Girls, Swing Kids. | Filmmaker Matt Wolf on the Origins of Teenage Culture 2014-03-11T21:24:59Z But as one of her previous shows, “Speak Easy” demonstrated, she has the brassy, unsentimental attitude of a flapper who is nobody’s fool. Carole J. Bufford at the Metropolitan Room 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z The Flower Maidens who flirt with Parsifal are party girls in flapper dresses, and paper lanterns hang from the ceiling. 2 updated visions of Wagner's last opera 2011-02-21T13:16:05Z And Dede M. Ayite’s costumes, which wrap the actors in furs and feathers and glittery flapper dresses, add an apt patina of glamour. ‘Jelly’ Jams with vibrancy (and only a couple of lumps) 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z It shows one of his stone pedestals, which meant as much to him as the sculptures set on them, supporting a live flapper doing an ecstatic dance. In His Films, Brancusi Takes Flight 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z He also capitalized on other novelties, installing a soda fountain that drew the flappers of the 1920s and staging pogo stick demonstrations on the store’s roof. Another London must-see: Selfridges, the iconic luxury department store 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Next to them, Britain's flapper representatives Nancy Cunard and Diana Cooper appear tame in comparison. Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation by Judith Mackrell – review 2013-06-09T08:00:01Z “Millie” is a romantic comedy about a Jazz Age flapper determined to marry for money, not love. ArtsBeat: Following Complaints, Dalton School To Stage Revised ‘Modern Millie’ 2014-01-27T21:37:17Z Alice narrates the book in galloping flapper banter, and the characters surrounding her respond in kind, all equally witty, like the troupe in a Noël Coward play. Murderous Husbands, Flapper-Era Gun Molls and Korean Assassins: The Best Winter Thrillers 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z From Grecian goddesses to bobbed flappers, there has been a headband for every fashion era. We Can’t Stop Thinking About Amanda Gorman’s Headband 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Paris is presented as a multilayered milieu, with plenty of bars, flappers, international visitors, Bright Young Things and frivolity. Dance Review: ‘Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises,’ by the Washington Ballet 2013-05-12T22:15:22Z 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. These robots helped explain how insects evolved two distinct strategies for flight 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The famous “flappers” of the 1920s, young women in the latest fashion who danced to cutting-edge American jazz and wore scandalously short, knee-length dresses, were the ultimate expression of the New Woman. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In what ways were flappers a reaction to World War I? World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Times columns focuses on men and women and their struggles during the early flapper era. The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf: Essays 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Substitute today’s opposition to drag shows for the Klan’s campaign against changing morals and uncorseted flappers and you have another haunt of history. Opinion | What we can learn from the Midwestern war against the Klan 100 years ago 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Next steps from the robotics perspective will include working with material scientists to equip the flappers with muscle-like materials. These robots helped explain how insects evolved two distinct strategies for flight 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Zophres could have populated sets with beaded flapper dresses, cloche hats and other fashion cliches of the 1920s. Elephant poop, Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt: Dressing the 'Babylon' cast has ups and downs 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z This early photo of American film star Clara Bow personifies the flapper image. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Lurking behind the era’s glitzy flappers and Wall Street speculators was a collective trauma of both the war and the pandemic. How the 1918 pandemic changed America, from women’s rights to germaphobia 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z I think flappers and waifs could feel the impending doom. It’s a good time to pull your hair out 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z You just have a fill valve and a flapper valve. Become a toilet expert 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Akin to her flapper counterparts in the West, she embodied a short-lived cultural moment known as Sinyeoseong, or “New Woman.” How a photograph in LACMA's new exhibition captures a pivotal moment in Korean history 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z The male equivalent of a flapper was a “sheik,” although that term has not remained as strong in the American vernacular. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z There is no better symbol of that change than the flapper. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Replace the flapper or the fill valve inside the tank. 5 plumbing, electrical and HVAC tasks you can DIY, and 5 that require a pro 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z The flapper valve stops the tank water from flowing into the bowl after the tank fills with new water. Become a toilet expert 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z The flapper’s boyish silhouette became the ideal, leading to the popularity of the sautoir, a long necklace often ending in a tassel, strung with tiny pearls or gemstones, that nestled against the breastbone. A Bulgari Necklace With a Jazz Age Flair 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z At the time, however, many of these fads became a type of conformity, especially among college-aged youths, with the signature bob haircut of the flapper becoming almost universal—in both the United States and overseas. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Dressed in her flapper best and wearing a cloche hat, she bore a passing resemblance to the poet. 54 Years Late, Dorothy Parker Finally Gets a Tombstone 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z You can find a kit at any home improvement store, but make sure to get the right type of flapper or fill valve replacement. 5 plumbing, electrical and HVAC tasks you can DIY, and 5 that require a pro 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z A small amount of water seeping past the flapper valve causes the level of the water to drop in the tank over a period of a few minutes. Become a toilet expert 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z This is a gravity flush system that uses a cylindrical tower in place of a more common flapper setup. Want to save water in the bathroom? Here’s where to begin 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Many young women of the era shed their mother’s morality and adopted the dress and mannerisms of a flapper, the Jazz Age female stereotype, seeking the endless party. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z As inscribed in her hair feather, the flapper embodied “Seattle.” Olympic Hotel restores its 1924 lobby, ‘where the magic begins’ 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z He was also from Mississippi and was captivated by her free spirit and flouncy flapper dress. Black Lives Are Shorter in Chicago. My Family’s History Shows Why. 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z If so, it’s time to replace the flapper valve. Become a toilet expert 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z If it is disconnected, reattach it so the flapper lifts when the lever is depressed. 5 totally doable do-it-yourself home repairs 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z The public flaunting of social and sexual norms by flappers represented an attempt to match gains in political equality with gains in the social sphere. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z A flapper, symbol of freewheeling youth, sat at a sumptuous table, applauding an older, tuxedoed steward who opened a cloche platter revealing a miniature, 12-floor Italian Renaissance edifice. Olympic Hotel restores its 1924 lobby, ‘where the magic begins’ 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Hilton gets an A for effort for this homemade montage of herself trying on a variety of vague Halloween-store looks, including a schoolgirl, a flapper and a Playboy bunny. From 'Tiger King' to 'Schitt's Creek,' we rank 2020's celebrity Halloween costumes 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z The internet is overflowing with helpful videos showing you how to install new fill valves and flapper valves. Become a toilet expert 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z If the toilet won’t stop filling, or it sounds like it occasionally flushes itself, the culprit is usually a leaky flapper, Sebestyen said. 5 totally doable do-it-yourself home repairs 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z How might we reconcile the decade as the period of both the flapper and prohibition? U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z A musical performed twice daily portrays revolutionaries rescuing China from foreign invasion and corruption: Conniving generals coerce Shanghai women dressed like flappers to dance. Dreams of a Red Emperor: The relentless rise of Xi Jinping 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z A flapper charms a diplomat to get her fiance a job, while he starts a relationship with her best friend. Movies on TV this week: 'Psycho'; 'Lawrence of Arabia' and more 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z A boozing lawyer’s flapper daughter falls tragically in love with his gangster client. Movies on TV this week: 'The Great Escape' on TCM 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Next, identify what type of flapper your toilet uses. 5 totally doable do-it-yourself home repairs 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z The flashbacks allow the production design and hair and makeup team to dabble in some jollier looks than wartime invites, and Arterton and Mbatha-Raw look especially fabulous in their flapper wares. Review: A sweet tearjerker in WWII film ‘Summerland’ 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z We picture ourselves in their fedoras and flapper dresses. Venerable but vulnerable: Centenarians hit hard by virus 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Her collection includes cartoons by women in the flapper era, the second world war and 1950s romance comics, among others. 'They were forgotten': the great female cartoonists who have been overlooked 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Sibling chorus girls go to Paris and live like their mother and aunt who were 1920s flappers. Movies on TV this week: April 19: Jaws; Seven Days in May 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Most toilets use a two- or three-inch flapper — as long as you buy the right size, most replacement flappers will work with any brand of toilet, Sebestyen said. 5 totally doable do-it-yourself home repairs 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z And on Wednesday, creative director Bruno Sialelli nicely captured the exuberance of that decade, with its dropped-hem flapper styles and decorative froth. Kenzo designer debuts; Lanvin goes encyclopedic in Paris 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z A flapper shopgirl woos her rich boss with animal magnetism, otherwise known as ``it.’' Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z The tombstone was placed on Victorian morals as the “flapper” era took hold. How climate change, politics and our basic ability to coexist will shape the new decade — and Seattle’s future 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z A Southern flapper loves a young man who her father wants to kill. Movies on TV this week: 'Young Frankenstein' and more 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Tools and supplies: replacement toilet flapper or washer. 5 totally doable do-it-yourself home repairs 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z For New Year’s Eve, Snoqualmie Casino Ballroom will be transformed into a speakeasy, complete with strolling cigarette gals, flappers and a DJ to keep you dancing. Put a classic twist on holiday cheer with 1920s cocktails | Provided by Snoqualmie Casino 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z A flapper loves a millionaire, but he tragically marries someone else. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z It has - in the 1920s, flappers had their own form of slang, but historically its creation has been male-dominated. From SWI to AIBU: How Mumsnet created a whole new language 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z And the long flapper necklaces — were those vintage or commissioned? 'Downton Abbey's' biggest stars could well be those spectacular gowns 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z A would-be flapper in 1920s New York saves her friend from white slavers in a Chinatown firecracker factory. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z After taking part in swimming aerobics Wednesday morning, the women dressed in flappers and made a big splash during lunch at the YWCA. Women’s swim club celebrates 90th anniversary 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Lady Gaga: serial flapper Mother Monster debuted a hint of wing in the Born This Way video, went minimalist angel in Applause and unleashed the full feather at 2016’s Victoria’s Secret catwalk show. Born to make you flappy: why pop is obsessed with wings 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Thousands of Peaky Blinders fans in flat caps and flapper dresses came together at the TV drama's first official themed festival, where the attractions ranged from ballet to boxing. Following in the footsteps of the Peaky Blinders 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z There was nostalgia bathed in the refracted light of a zillion beaded flapper dresses. Janelle Monáe With a Side of Tuxedo Dressing 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z And when the researchers used advanced imaging tech to look inside those fossil feces, they found an assortment of tiny invertebrates that tells us something about what the local flappers were eating. Sifting through the Pterosaur Menu 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z She adored French fashion magazines, flapper dresses, hats worn at a jaunty angle. ‘Finland’s Munch’: the unnerving art of Helene Schjerfbeck 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z In one apt juxtaposition, a scantily clad model in a lacy slip dress and flapper hat was followed by a robed figure with a lace judge’s collar. Gucci makes abortion rights statement in new collection: ‘My Body, My Choice’ 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z His detailed reply – with a little pencil sketch of a flapper showing how the cloche hat should be worn “pulled well down” – pleased me hugely. From fan mail to fiction: the letters from famous authors that made me a writer 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z A: When your clothes dryer is taking longer and longer to dry clothes, it’s often a sign of a clogged vent pipe, a clogged lint filter or a lint-clogged vent flapper. Analysis | Here’s the correct way to vent your clothes dryer 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Ms. Channing starred as the flapper Lorelei Lee, and her stardom was assured when she sang Lorelei’s anthem, “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend”: Carol Channing Dies at 97; a Larger-Than-Life Broadway Star 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Channing was swiftly cast in her first leading role as the gleeful, gold-digging Lorelei Lee, the Little Rock flapper who believes diamonds are a girl’s best friend, in the musical based on the novel. Carol Channing, star of Hello, Dolly! on Broadway, dies aged 97 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z In the living room, three dancers in flapper dresses go through a sequence of slow, undulating moves. Lloyd Wright's Sowden House, possible Black Dahlia murder site, becomes a performance stage 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z In a Jazz Age milieu of flappers and gangsters, Ruth joyfully flouted convention. Review | How Babe Ruth ushered in the era of the home run and the sports celebrity 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z One of France’s most famous couturiers in between the two World Wars, Patou was credited with popularizing the cardigan, inventing the tennis skirt and killing the flapper style. Dior puts on dancing shoes to kick off Paris Fashion Week 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z The flapper fashion of the era, too, captures the imagination: bobbed hair, cloche hats and cigarettes. Rare Kennedy photos go inside America’s most famous family 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z More than a top executive and editor, Ms. Wintour, with her trademark flapper’s bob and Chanel sunglasses, serves as a company avatar. Facing Losses, Condé Nast Plans to Put 3 Magazines Up for Sale 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z It’s a collision between the rickety force and the meandering object; fiery, furious flappers against bores with enough bite to draw blood; bronca versus beige. World Cup 2018: France v Argentina – live! 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z It also offered them a lamb shank dinner beneath the space shuttle Endeavour; after-dinner dancing alongside flappers and bare-chested Egyptian men; and as a finale, a private Imax screening of “Mysteries of Egypt.” King Tut-themed Discovery Ball raises more than $1.6 million for California Science Center 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z I half-expected a 1920s flapper to greet me with a tray of French 75s when I walked into the Shady Lady Saloon. You’re going where? Sacramento 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z It also brought new music and the flapper style, which did away with the hourglass shape and was much more androgynous. Corsets to bloomers: a women’s history lesson through underwear 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z There will be flappers in fringe and feathers strolling through the grand and decorated premises — not all that far from the White House itself. Inside the Beltway: Media Research Center turns 30 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z “We had a flapper wedding gown, a 1970s gown and a hot pants wedding suit that was worn. It was a combination of everything, and they all had a local connection.” Historical societies fight to stay relevant, draw interest 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Look at that simply breathtaking beading of Academy Award winner Emma Stone’s embellished Givenchy dress that harks back to the flapper days. A star is born — and so is her dress: A look at the sketches behind your favorite Oscar gowns 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z From the new movie “Live By Night,” a Deco-style beaded flapper dress is all sparkle. Sunday Best: A sparkly New Year’s dress 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z It outlasted Gibson girls, flappers, hippies, disco queens, waifs and grunge rockers. Saks Jandel, a legendary Washington boutique, will close after 128 years 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z The 1927 version of “Chicago” plays on June 13; “The Flapper,” a 1920 comedy about the “flapper” lifestyle, on June 20; and “Why Be Good?,” a 1929 celebration of the flapper era, on June 27. ‘Silent Movie Mondays,’ ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Space Jam’ are back 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z At one point, Vong noticed an issue with a flapper valve that keeps fuel from going where it’s not supposed to, which led to a change in inspection protocol. ‘Space wrench’ goes where no man has gone before 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z And yes, Tawny McManus was postponing her “Great Gatsby”-themed 40th birthday party in Baltimore at the Belvedere — the flappers, the tiaras, her fabulous outfit. Blizzard cancellation blues: ‘It’s the event of the year. Or it was supposed to be.’ 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z He said installing flapper valves on storm drains would help prevent those incidents from becoming more common. Sea turtle saved from drain in Lihue 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Roaring Twenties artifacts include photos of flappers and corpses riddled with bullet holes, sheet music for a ditty called “Alcoholic Blues” and a Tommy gun. A Museum of Cash, Guns and Gangsters in the East Village 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z For many homeowners, a faulty flapper and running toilet might prompt a call to a $50-an-hour plumber. Little-known affordable housing program building communities 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Half a dozen female dancers were onstage, dressed identically in glittering flapper dresses and Louise Brooks wigs. The World’s Most Luxurious Fashion Show 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Today’s hookup culture does have one big thing in common with the ’20s flapper generation, and that is demographics. Hookup culture isn’t the real problem facing singles today. It’s math. 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z The News was selling a million copies a day when Jazz Age flappers were mouthing the passwords that got them into speakeasies. Daily News Struggles to Find Its Identity After Sale Is Called Off 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Her bobbed hair, a symbol of ’20s flappers, caught the eye of local crime reporters, along with the fact that she usually took the lead in the robberies. The Bobbed-Hair Bandit of Brooklyn 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Burns also, reasonably, undercuts the myth that flappers were emblematic of the age. It was a very good year 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z As the times changed, so did representations of Alice, who is seen as a flapper in a 1929 version of the book in the exhibit and a psychedelic icon in a 1960s coloring book. 'Alice in Wonderland' at 150, more than child's play and tea parties 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z When they walked the red carpet, the couple was always perfectly unconventional, him, festooned with all those rings and necklaces, and her looking like a flapper or something. What happened to Johnny Depp? How ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ made him, and ruined him. 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z The side work started in 2011 when Maryland Public Television called requesting her to outfit models in flapper attire for a screening of the documentary “Prohibition.” Annapolis shop supplies wardrobe for Kate Winslet film 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z The scapegrace daughter of a high-minded suffragette, Margaret “Peggy” Mitchell was a tomboy truant, then a flapper who acted up at parties while her mother marched for the vote and attended to the sick. What Is It About Gone With the Wind That Still Enchants Us? 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The other evening at the Hollywood Athletic Club, we got a whiff of what boxing once was, in an artisanal re-creation of a Golden Era full of flappers and barbershop quartets. Fan of the house: Give him that old-time boxing 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z "The Schlitz Bouts, a Night of Heritage Boxing, Style and Entertainment" kicks off at 7:30 p.m. with flappers, barbershop quartets and a cocktail party, followed by matches in four weight classes. 'Schlitz Bouts' at Hollywood Athletic Club offer boxing and '20s vibe 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z During a ski trip to Wintergreen last year, Graham took part in a costume race outfitted in a black-beaded flapper dress with a Union Jack tied around her shoulders as a cape. For Hannah Graham’s family, ‘nightmare’ leaves enduring uncertainty and loss A woman dressed as a 1920s flapper pours red wine from a small California producer. Where World Wine Collectors Find Their Unicorns 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z A variety of pre-Depression types—including flappers, farmers, steel workers and Wall Street tycoons, among others—is shown. Metropolitan Museum Of Art Displays Epic Thomas Hart Benton Mural, "America Today" 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Taylor Swift channeled the flapper glamour of The Great Gatsby for the first-ever live performance of her new single Shake It Off – a marked improvement on the video released on Monday. MTV Video Music Awards 2014: badass women dominated the show 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z “A lot of us who are part of this vintage scene are old punk rockers, that era, especially the flapper, is really punk rock, it’s rebellion, and it’s defying the norm,” Gin said. Vintage Is Always In Style At New York's Jazz Age Lawn Party 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z A similar pattern emerged in 1929 when flappers’ daringly short dresses disappeared from the pages of fashion magazines, sending hemlines and the stock market into a downward spiral. Why Stock Traders Should Want The U.S. To Stay Alive In The World Cup 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z We've taken pictures of you dressed like Bobby Jones, posing with flappers, even had you stripped down to your thermal underwear. From the Archive: Dialogue with Payne Stewart 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen made it clear in March that his serendipitous and deceptively casual “endless flapper” would return, but as he put it at the time on Twitter, “not soon.” Flappy Bird Creator: The Game Will Return With Multiplayer 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z There is an important limitation to the technology, however: It only works on the common canister and flapper type toilets. New Kohler Tech Turns Existing Toilets Touch-Free 2014-05-08T15:20:22Z He can try to fine or suspend a litigious billionaire, who lost his give-a-ripper sometime back in his flapper days. Jenkins: NBA owners must be held accountable for racist behavior by Donald Sterling 2014-04-27T16:54:56Z Most anybody, he said, can learn how to change an angle stop — the little shut-off valve found under every sink — or replace a flapper in their toilet tank. Sweet Smell of Money for Plumbers 2014-03-24T22:48:25Z As for the future of his flapper, he’s still turning down offers to purchase the game. Flappy Bird Creator Considers Relaunching the Game — He’s Working On New Games, Too 2014-03-11T20:06:32Z Mr. Sterner banged out a jaunty melody as a flapper danced on-screen next to the opening credits. Character Study: Piano Man of a Silent Screen 2013-07-06T03:48:46Z The four-wheeled Gatsby was first built in the late 1970s, made to look like vehicles from the age of the flappers. The Appraisal: Developers Borrow the Gatsby Glamor 2013-05-06T14:59:47Z The specimen's fossilized feathers—an unusual find that delighted researchers—show that its wings were somewhere in between the swift's superlong flappers and the hummer's comparatively short ones. ScienceShot: Fly Like a Hummingbird, Glide Like a Swift 2013-05-01T00:15:00Z In the upmarket store Brown Thomas on Grafton Street, Tiffany's is holding a private party where staff dressed as 1920s flappers tote canapes. Life after Ireland's bailout 2012-11-21T17:11:26Z The popularity of Coco Chanel's 1920s creations saw relaxed fashions and flapper dresses, making the flattened female form, or boyish look, more desirable. The re-re-re-rise of the corset 2012-06-19T00:33:19Z Two mannequins in red flapper dresses are also part of the scene. | Long Island: A Preview of ?Cocktail Culture? at Coe Hall 2012-04-08T00:11:56Z As the waters became calm the chief raised his club and struck the right flapper of the turtle, destroying its power. Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian 2012-03-21T02:00:33.043Z He had the casino refurbished in a 1920s style to reflect the city’s rakish past, with female beverage servers wearing skimpy flapper costumes. Dennis Gomes, Atlantic City Casino Operator, Dies at 68 2012-02-25T23:04:54Z By 1920 F. Scott Fitzgerald made it the rage drink among flappers in his novel “This Side of Paradise.” Caviar Martinis Beat White Wine as Restaurants Revive Aperitifs 2012-01-17T05:54:11Z “Fool, you do not see the beam,” says the flapper; and often the philosopher does see the beam, and calms down. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z She had suspected something between them prior to his departure; and this girl was a mere paid teacher of French and music to her own two—then in the “flapper” stage. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z He tells about the "flappers," and then about the "shifters." The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z "I don't think it's pollack he'll order for luncheon," said the fourth of the party from under the driver's elbow, a flapper, with a slow, hoarse voice, and a heavy cold in her head. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z The artificiality of the flapper left her for the time being and she felt as young as she really was and rather helpless, and awfully lonely. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z Thanks to my flapper acquaintance I am now on more equal terms with the little scaly people of the islands, and can study their puzzling color problems at close range. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z They were rather in the phase which would now be known as the "flapper stage." Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z The self-confident flapper, for instance, who could only have given him "the next missing three" was a Major in the Flying Corps. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z I haven’t seen her since she was an ugly little flapper with a predilection for snubbing people, and a partiality for animals. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z There never was such a girl since Cleopatra was a flapper. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z I have never seen any one save a present-day flapper gaze for the first time on the sombre depths of the great gorge of the Colorado with untroubled eyes. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z Suddenly I see her pouncing on three giggling young hussies just in front—the inevitable black velveteen tam, the inevitable white curly muffler, the inevitable lower-class flappers. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z In August and September we would capture immense numbers of "flappers"—plump wild ducks—but, as yet, unable to fly. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Envoi Prince, let us leave this grove, pardie, A flapper is a fairer thing: Let us fare fast where such there be, And seek Spring Chickens in the Spring! A Tree with a Bird in it: a symposium of contemporary american poets on being shown a pear-tree on which sat a grackle 2011-07-25T02:00:12.380Z It had a long, sharp snout, and spouted water like a whale; and very broad flappers. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z The burly butcher, fly flapper in hand, all ready for action, could also be seen. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Never had any dress suited her so well as that flapper's frock of succory-blue with touches of cream, and dull pink. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z I am one of those people," says the flapper in Beauty and Mary Blair, "to whom life is a very great puzzle. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z I hadn't gone a hundred yards when I heard a man's voice and the yapping of a dog come from where I had spoken to the flapper. 13 Days The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison 2011-04-01T02:00:33.827Z On inspecting it by means of a telescope, at about one and a-half cables' distance, I distinctly saw a head, two flappers, and about thirty feet of an animal's shoulder. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z Once there were no flappers and then F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote "This Side of Paradise" and created them in shoals. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z They dropped from about her, the flapper's frock of succory blue and the silken under-garments, and with them she seemed to cast off as well that rather feverish sprightliness of the last hour. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z These flappers add greatly to the beauty of these animals, for a variety of brilliant hues is produced along each row by the decomposition of the rays of light upon them when in motion. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z Eye-catching black-and-white photographs of scantily dressed flappers evoke the 1920s. | Great River: A Steakhouse Sticks With the Classics 2011-02-26T03:18:18Z The movements of the flappers were those of a turtle, and the animal resembled a huge seal, the resemblance being strongest about the back of the head. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z Before meeting the wolf Red Riding-Hood was the usual empty-headed flapper. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z The skeleton is about four feet long: the fore-paws are short, strong, and webbed; almost in the same proportions as a mole's; the hinder extremities are flappers, like the seal's. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Bolina seen from the narrow side; c h short rows of flappers, a b long rows of flappers; other letters as in Fig. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z She may be fat, slender, skinny, beautiful; she may be old, middle aged, or a flapper, but whatever she is she can dance. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z With an inconceivable lack of humor she was dressed like a flapper. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z These wild young flappers—but run along, daughter beloved. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Ever since Marise had begun, as a flapper, to show signs of unusual beauty and talent, Mums had buckled on a steely armour in which to fight the world for her girl. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z Idyia roseola seen from the broad side, half natural size; a anal opening, b lateral tube, c circular tube, d e f g h rows of locomotive flappers. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z She's all the advantages of that flapper with the nice fair-haired boy there—the one smoking a cigarette and showing her garters—as well as being a woman. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Gone for a brief time were the itinerant musicians, the innumerable perambulators, the ogling flappers with their cheap silk stockings and misshapen legs, the retired colonels eking out a grumbling living on infinitesimal pensions. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z Not just boozing and flappers, but what real people were doing with their New York ambition to advance in their careers, whether business or artistic. | Flappers on Fifth Avenue 2010-08-12T21:24:00Z After all, we’ve been told countless times, the Depression put an end to the libertine individualism of the flapper age: families stayed home and played Monopoly, finding strength and sustenance with one another. The Way We Live Now: What the Great Recession Has Done to Family Life 2010-08-06T14:55:00Z The great size of their locomotive flappers in proportion to the rest of the body, is characteristic of the young Ctenophoræ. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z As she walks through the house, she keeps pulling off outfits to reveal more modern ones, from a flapper style dress to a poodle skirt until she finally is wearing a contemporary satin dress. Advertising: A Bladder Campaign Uses Lighter Language 2010-04-01T23:47:00Z Or, to quote the remark of a woman in the opposite set, “a pre-Raphaelite flapper.” The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z This was not quite the flapper he had known. H.M.S. —— The ladies especially were jubilant, the flapper going so far as to ask her two admirers for a quotation of odds—in the current coin of flapperdom, chocolates—against Rustleford's chances of an innings victory. "Pip" A Romance of Youth Young Pleurobrachia still in the egg; t tentacle, e eye-speck, c c rows of locomotive flappers, d digestive cavity; greatly magnified. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z A slim American flapper of sixteen, with the black hair-ribbons bobbing behind her, skipped up on her chair to look. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune She darted forward and flung herself into the arms of two elderly people, a brother in khaki, with the badges of a Guard regiment, and a sister of the flapper order. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 But some disgruntled little wing flapper betrayed us and the fraud got out. The Book of Gud I say," inquired Mr. Blane, "who is that flapper you brought with you? "Pip" A Romance of Youth Young Pleurobrachia resembling somewhat the adult; f funnel leading to anal opening, l lateral tubes, o o o' o' rows of locomotive flappers; magnified. Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. 2011-03-07T03:00:13.343Z Department Z. was unhampered by rules and regulations, as devoid of conventions as an enterprising flapper. John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall “You could have heard a pin drop,” was the excited comment of the flapper sister when endeavouring subsequently to thrill another girl with the sensation created by Irene’s quiet words. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 I was only a flapper, but I worshipped at the shrine, and the goddess didn't mind being worshipped. The Brightener "Did you tap wood when you said it, Mr. Cullyngham?" screamed the flapper down the table. "Pip" A Romance of Youth There was a big crowd, makin' an 'ell of a row, they was, an' there in the middle was a cove talkin' an' wavin' 'is arms like flappers. Adventures of Bindle Why, the reeds are as full of flappers as of frogs. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) They were hopeful signs; but the indifference with which she could drop him for a whole day, so as to keep some idiotic engagement with giggling flappers, was enough to send any lover crazy! Banked Fires The most rarefied sense of honour couldn't be expected, perhaps, in a flapper whose favourite stage hero was about to play the part of his life—unrehearsed—with the said flapper's most admired heroine. The Brightener There was a solitary "flapper" of fifteen, who, untrammelled as yet by fear of Mrs. Grundy, was having the time of her life with the two callowest members of the Eleven. "Pip" A Romance of Youth Then came a confused blur of superimposed ground-patterns, and at the last five results blank as the brain of a flapper. Cavalry of the Clouds But now we shall cease our fire, and leave the few flappers that are left alive to their own meditations. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) She had been the merriest of flappers and was now a sorceress to beguile with her arts in innocent and unconscious charm. Banked Fires After the usual questions upon Princess Mary's underwear and the "flappers," one of them said she had come to ask me about England's greatest man. My Impressions of America You know, by experience, that I grudge no expense in your education, but I will positively not keep you a flapper. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing There is not one of them who hasn't achieved something—even Joyce, the flapper, has set to and made good at school. I'll Leave It To You A Light Comedy In Three Acts Now comes thy turn, O'Bronte—for famous is thy name, almost as thy sire's, among the flappers. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) He crawled up to the stump which the Jackal had decked out in wedding finery, and put out his flapper to touch his wife's hand: lo and behold, it was only an old tree-stump. The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India We had an excellent talk and I told him that, for the first time in my life, I had seen a "flapper." My Impressions of America Now and again one of the ladies fanned herself by moving one of her flappers backward and forward over her body; then she lay quiet again on her back or side. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Toby's hind flappers exhale broad farce at every step. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Ha, Hamish! you have cut off the retreat of that airy voyager—you have given it him in his stern, Hamish—and are reloading for the flappers. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) As his car neared the top of the hill, two Montreal flappers, whose extreme youth was only exceeded by their extreme daring, sprang on to the footboard and held him up with autograph books. Westward with the Prince of Wales Violent and ignorant young men, or "flappers"—in whom the public here seem to take an unnatural interest—might easily suppose that their best chance of success in life lay in creating a sensation. My Impressions of America "That's what they're there for, and it's mean of them to shuffle out of their responsibility and let a lot of flappers and old maids do their work for them!" Changing Winds A Novel Over at the long table it was the sharp, roving eye of the snub-nosed flapper that spied him first. The Million-Dollar Suitcase And so when the officious flapper presented him with a white feather he had no use for it except as a pipe-cleaner. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 16, 1914 There was a skirmishing line of the waiting city flung out to this distant station—including some go-ahead flappers with autograph books to sign. Westward with the Prince of Wales I want you to look your darndest—put it all over those flappers. The Innocent Adventuress "Two big men like that gabbling like a couple of priest-smitten flappers!" said Gilbert in disgust as he listened to them. Changing Winds A Novel The flapper dashed into her letter with a sort of incoherent squeal. The Million-Dollar Suitcase Of course, if a flapper is what is required, well then, naturally, he must be shown to another department. The Limit "Well, tell me first what it is!" rejoined the flapper, holding her hands behind her back, and smiling defiantly at him. Too Old for Dolls A Novel He carried a leather flapper; sometimes he would stop, meditate long, and—kill a fly on the wall. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 But "She isn't a bad little flapper!" was all that Ninian would say of his sister, and there was little comfort to be derived from that speech. Changing Winds A Novel "Has fits of 'em every now and then ever since she was a flapper, sobbin' and cryin' fit to break 'er heart, and the vicar that cross with her." Malcolm Sage, Detective They are flightless, but their wings are modified into powerful fins or flappers. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia He was fair, blue-eyed, clean-shaven, and healthy-looking, and he believed in the possibility of being a "pal" to a girl,—particularly if she happened to be a flapper. Too Old for Dolls A Novel Then between them there suddenly darted first a fly and after it the Seneschal's flapper. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 I feel sure you would be a success as a film actor, and all the flappers would lose their hearts to you. Bandit Love Fancy you, only—what is it—a flapper! Captain Jim But then there's the pheasants a-breedin', and there's four brood of flappers in the withey bed, and a sight of young hares in the spinneys. Tom Brown at Oxford Had he not been told by Mrs. Delarayne herself that a man should not marry until flappers had ceased to turn round to get a second look at him in the street? Too Old for Dolls A Novel When the conditions permit it the men may be exercised in the ordinary athletic costume, sleeveless shirt, flappers, socks, and gymnasium shoes. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition He was bare-footed, and his feet, in color and general appearance, looked a good deal like the flappers of an alligator. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 And there was something so sincere in her voice that Jimmy saw that she was speaking the truth, that it was only the jest of a flapper used to the manners of the stage. The Bill-Toppers See his big, ugly head, an' the arms o' him like the flappers o' a win'mill! Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls Great struggle for supremacy apparently with flapper sister. Too Old for Dolls A Novel "Took a flapper to the movies," was the grave and somewhat unexpected reply. The Long Trick Do you think Ruth is a mere chit of a flapper? Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands And she had been very sweet after that odious flapper had taken herself off. Black Oxen The first Kapellmeister was a middle-aged man whose curly hair made him the idol of all flappers. The Goose Man What is it, Lord Henry,—do tell me,—that makes grown-up men of the present day so susceptible to raw flappers? Too Old for Dolls A Novel And the "flappers" and the "knuts"—they seem never to tire of seeing each other pass and re-pass for a solid hour on end! Over the Fireside with Silent Friends Though they are without feet or hands, they can manage to make their way along the beach at a pretty fast rate with their flappers and tails. A Yacht Voyage Round England Of course she shouldn't have taken such a risk, but; what can you do with these flappers? Black Oxen Their loyalty was evident, because there was an oleograph of the Queen on the wall, and one of the numerous flappers was playing our National anthem on the harmonium as I entered. The Defence of Duffer's Drift He remembered the concentrated fury and contempt that the flapper had put into the expression, and he instinctively felt that it was hopeless. Too Old for Dolls A Novel But for myself, who have no mamma to meet, nor any desire to flop about with "flappers," piers are deadly things. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends Their wings are small and narrow, and look more like flappers, or stunted arms, than wings. Chatterbox, 1906 If the flapper should adopt a coat of arms no doubt it would be a cocktail rampant with three cigarettes argent on a field de rouge. Black Oxen One cruel master invented an instrument of torture which he called a flapper. Customs and Fashions in Old New England It transpires that a flapper complains that she dropped two stitches in her jumper as a result of the shock. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-12 But the younger generation came along, the flapper—and behold, a change! Nights in London I stayed a day or two, and had a fishing game, as it was a great place to catch the little flappers. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi The emancipated flapper is just plain female under her paint and outside her cocktails. Black Oxen By the help of the tail and flappers they move quickly over the ground. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading That Mr. Ben Webster has come on remarkably; and that the part of the flapper is now played according to nature by the right person. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-05 And will there still Be flappers in the surf at Rhyl? Songs for a Little House Ben crept up to the nearest, a fine fat fellow, and catching him by the flapper turned him over on his back, where he lay helplessly kicking, but unable to stir. A Voyage round the World A book for boys I don't see Jim giving up his clubs and sports, and tagging round the world after a flapper. Black Oxen So he might, if he had possessed legs instead of fins or flappers, the latter only enabling him to twist and turn and slide down the inclined plane on which we stood into the sea. Old Jack The modern flapper is too sensible for such nonsense as French heels for standing all day behind the counter. The Book of Business Etiquette With Mary the tom-boy child, with Mary the long-legged flapper and good chum, he was affectionately at his ease. The Ffolliots of Redmarley This they do in holes which they dig out with their flappers in the sand. A Voyage round the World A book for boys He overtook the Oglethorpe flapper and seizing her hand drew it through his arm. Black Oxen The hind-feet are like those of a duck when in the water, and the front ones have, beyond the skin, only a flapper or paw with claws, at the end of it. Old Jack Miss Edna Best was an admirable flapper, with just the right note of gaucherie. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-07 A distinguished novel depicting present day society and its most striking feature, the "flapper." Fair Harbor We found shrubbery swelling with buds, also flappers walking hatless and blanched with talcum, accompanied by Urchins of a larger growth. Pipefuls She trotted obediently beside him, a fragile dainty figure; carried limply, however, and little more distinguished than flappers of inferior origin. Black Oxen See, one of them has reared himself up on his hind legs, if legs they may be called, and is sitting on a chair with his flappers over the back of the chair. Chatterbox Stories of Natural History It is now a quarter past eleven, and two flappers of the neighborhood, giggling and arm-in-arm, approach the sexton and inquire of him if they may enter. A Book of Burlesques O'Reilly stood on the threshold, waiting for the right lady to appear, and meanwhile dodged back from the wrong one, a small, slim flapper in white, who for some reason had paused before his door. The Lion's Mouse Oh!" says I. "Got beyond the flapper stage, then. The House of Torchy Of course those ridiculous little flappers don't care whether they are talked about or not, but their families do. Black Oxen Toni may not be of very exalted birth, but she is a hundred times more ladylike than half the flappers one meets in Society nowadays, with their cigarette-cases, their bridge purses and their slangy talk. The Making of a Soul The two flappers retire abashed, and as the sexton finishes his sweeping, there enters the organist. A Book of Burlesques My dear Mr Simple, extend your flapper to me, for I’m delighted to see you. Peter Simple "I picked him up on the beach," said Jean coolly, "as any flapper would pick up any nut." The Angel of Terror He had seized a good large turtle by the flapper, and was trying to haul it away from the water, which it was doing its best to reach. My First Voyage to Southern Seas Makes me feel as if I could stick that there spike right into him, though he is fanning my poor, hot legs with these flappers of his. Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris It was still too shallow for the turtle to swim, but it used its four flappers with so much effect against its two assailants, as to give them a thorough shower-bath. The Three Admirals That it was a party of seals playing about he was certain, and in imagination he saw them crawling up on to some piece of rock by means of their flappers and plunging down again. Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days Every bump that had lain dormant under a mat of hair at once assumed startling proportions, and red ears that were retiring suddenly stuck out from the pale white scalp like immense flappers. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country Solon, discovering the good effect of his tactics, would continue them till the turtle refused to go further, and then he would seize the former flapper and begin pulling away again. My First Voyage to Southern Seas Who could expect a poor little flapper of fifteen to be anything but fire and flame! A College Girl Why, there must be hundreds of them there, crawling in and out of the caves on their flappers, to and from the sea! Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes If there’s a creature on earth I despise more than another, it’s an English flapper. The Independence of Claire First Theatrical Manager: "Do you have any trouble with the girl who is playing the flapper in your new show?" Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers One of them seized a flapper, while the other insinuated his handspike under the animal, and by a sudden jerk turned her over. My First Voyage to Southern Seas In less than fifty hours that case will be as empty as a flapper's skull. Skylark Three I saw young teals taken alive in the ponds of Wolmer Forest in the beginning of July last, along with flappers, or young wild ducks. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 When we get Mr. Tube done, we'll take him out into space, leaving his mouth open, and very shortly he'll be as empty as a flapper's skull. Spacehounds of IPC Dora reflects the dash and independence of modern day flappers for Evening Journal readers in New York City and suburbs. What's in the New York Evening Journal America's Greatest Evening Newspaper Both lay many hundred eggs, and deposit them in large holes which they make with their flappers in the sand. My First Voyage to Southern Seas Lean, sallow, handsome, expert, and unwholesome, one saw them everywhere, their slim waists and sleek heads in juxtaposition to plump, respectable American matrons and slender, respectable American flappers. Gigolo "You were just a flapper," said Leonard; "you couldn't be in love." Four Days The Story of a War Marriage The head is round, the lips thick and bristled with moustaches, the body is elongated, and the tail terminated by a crescent-shaped flapper. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Every flapper now knows all that is worth knowing about Ibsen, Strindberg, Maeterlinck and Shaw, and a great deal that is not worth knowing. A Book of Prefaces It was not much to me, though it might have been to a better regulated flapper. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley The sick man moved a hand, weakly, as though it were the yellow flapper of some wounded amphibian. Never-Fail Blake One, with a gentle touch, opens the richer man's eyes when he wakes; another fans him with a flapper while he eats; another puts bits into his mouth when it opens. Ideal Commonwealths It takes something like twenty yards of calico to make an Indian flapper a skirt. I Married a Ranger And you needn't be afraid anybody would mistake you for a flapper. A Popular Schoolgirl "I managed that for you, dear, to make up for your disappointment last night, and because you're really a good, useful little flap of a flapper," Di finished. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley I know of several where giddy little flappers are marvellously licked into shape without danger of breaking. The Shield of Silence She was in the shape of a girl about the lad's own age and size, fair as was he and slight, a flapper with a short thick straw-coloured plait. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs I tried to get advance information, but she blushed and giggled like any other flapper. I Married a Ranger A lady hedgehog, a flapper undoubtedly, and beautiful—all loves are beautiful in imagination—had passed that way. The Way of the Wild I was for him a nice child still—a "good, useful little flapper," as Di said, and he was my friend as before; but Diana had lit up the world for him. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley But mothers, we are told in these latter days, are not always the wisest guardians of their "flapper" daughters. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 14, 1917 At one time he had been the best-dressed man in Sydney, giving the glad and glassy optic to every flapper whose clocked silk stockings caught his fancy. "Over There" with the Australians So I got up late and had a glorious meal of soup, omelette, and fruit in the town, waited on by a most excellent flapper who wanted to know everything about everything. Adventures of a Despatch Rider The play would have gone poorly without him, in spite of the piquancy of Miss Joan Barry as a flapper, the fourth and final recipient of his chaste bounty. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920 It is a flapper you will never be again, Gertrude Smith-Hybrow, though you be after doing your queer best to look like one. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920 He passed to Hugh a cabinet photograph of a standard flapper. The Plastic Age Then there was the Pharmacie to visit, the paper man, the pretty flapper, Monsieur and Madame from the "Omelette" Shop, and a host of others. Fanny Goes to War If you find the company of generals a little trying go to the flapper's restaurant. Adventures of a Despatch Rider Apron strings, we gather, will continue to be unfashionable with our flappers. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-21 I wish I could say the same of his flapper. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-14 Don't mumble like a flapper who has just got her first kiss. The Amateur Army Our new mess tent was built in the summer; and we said good-bye for ever to the murky gloom of the old Indian flapper. Fanny Goes to War First, a couple of us went into a café to have a drink, and when we came out we found our motor-cycles garlanded with flowers by two admiring flappers. Adventures of a Despatch Rider "Yes," we said; "instead of a stout lady going in to dinner, you would see a slim flapper coming out." Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned He recalled the flapper who had so boldly met his glance. Bunker Bean The women are splendid, so quiet and strong, As with resolute purpose they hurry along— Excepting the flappers, who chatter as shrilly As parrots let loose to distract Piccadilly. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 13, 1917 "Because the infernal idiot had to go and divorce a perfectly respectable, if plain and middle-aged wife, in order to marry a quite scandalous Chicago society flapper." Success A Novel It was a confusing place, crammed full of transport, but I found my way to our potential H.Q. with the aid of a joyous little flapper on my carrier. Adventures of a Despatch Rider The other sketch is of the creature as seen "end on," and shows only the head, which was "bullet-shaped and quite six feet thick," and a couple of flappers, one on each side. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 He saw that she was truly enough a flapper; not a day over eighteen, he was sure. Bunker Bean The flapper had scrambled up the front staircase against the rules. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 2, 1917 "Oh, don't talk such rot," implored the hard flapper. Living Alone Does this mean that we are to have a flapper in the Cabinet? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 17, 1917 He was afraid that Ronny had grown into a tiresome flapper and that he would have to talk to her. The Tree of Heaven "Daughter!" said Breede, with half a glance at the flapper, and deeming that he had performed a familiar social rite. Bunker Bean Most middle-aged persons nowadays prefer to look like flappers. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 2, 1917 There is a large, expensive school for flappers, on a hill; and a drugstore or pharmacy where the flappers come to blow off steam. Shandygaff A "tripper" is a well-defined character, and so is a "flapper," a "nipper," and a "bounder." Walking-Stick Papers In form it resembles the Cetaceans, though it has a fan-shaped tail, instead of the broad flapper of the Whales. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 The flapper jerked her head in a double nod. Bunker Bean For the rest, I saw the fat paterfamilias, the wish-I-had-a-motor lady, the pert flapper and all the crew who travel with dejected spirits to and fro on our suburban line. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 2, 1917 Knoutings for flappers, say I, after returning from the pharmacy or drugstore. Shandygaff My dear Mr Simple, extend your flapper to me, for I'm delighted to see you. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 If I have occasion to consult the oracle I shall address myself to a proper one: to a tertiary: not to a primary flapper playing at being an oracle. Back to Methuselah "Get in," commanded the flapper, and Bean got in. Bunker Bean She had provoked and interested him before that—but rather as a raw self-willed child—a "flapper" whose extraordinary beauty gave her a distinction she had done nothing to earn. Helena We stood at the window watching the flappers opposite play hockey. Shandygaff But the truth is, my faculties seem to hang heavily now, like flappers when the spring is broken. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) You naturally feel more at home with a flapper like me. Back to Methuselah "You go in for dogs?" asked the flapper. Bunker Bean The number of flies here are immense, and all the people carry little flappers, made of bunches of wild bulls' hair tied to a short stick, in order to keep those pests at a distance. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa My tutor, Karl Ivanitch, roused me at seven by striking at a fly directly over my head with a flapper made of sugar paper fastened to a stick. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters "They like to see you as the wife of Ali Baba, finding pawntickets in your husband's pockets and charging him with spending his money on flappers?" Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 14, 1914 The Being also prohibits the slaying of flappers before they can fly. The Making of Religion And inevitably he encountered the flapper in this dreaming; "Chubbins," he liked to call her. Bunker Bean She scratched her head where three gray braids, about the length and thickness of a flapper's eyebrow, stuck out at odd angles. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives The young flappers were no doubt better engaged. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 16, 1919 The long-legged spindling "flapper," who was never quite sure where to stow her legs, became the reserved, well-proportioned girl with the mysterious gleam of puberty in her eyes. The Torrent Entre Naranjos But now that it was over they demanded that the museums and galleries should be cleared at once of flappers and typewriters and thrown open again to their rightful users, the public. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 2, 1919 "Why, at your age," she turned slightly to the flapper, "I'd been married two years, and your father was crawling about under my feet as I did the housework." Bunker Bean A flapper writes to say that she would like to know more about this attractive little artist. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 7, 1917 There was an exuberant flapper Who made people anxious to slap her; She uttered loud squeals And she smoked at all meals; Now she's married an elderly sapper. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 19, 1917 If men stayed long enough in trenches, I should say, from my studies in evolution, that their legs would slowly merge into one sort of fin-like tail, and their arms into seal-like flappers. Bullets & Billets Evelyn's protestations of intimacy with Hazel Gresham had implanted in his mind the impression that she was decidedly of the flapper type. Midnight And Bean sat there beside the flapper, with Nap between them. Bunker Bean He had two flappers attending him for state, but never made use of them, except at court and in visits of ceremony, and would always command them to withdraw, when we were alone together. Gulliver's Travels Then he got in an awful wax and said: O you wretched flappers, I've gone and blabbed it all now, and he went away slamming the door, for Mother wasn't there. A Young Girl's Diary She seemed little more than a child, and before the war would probably have still ranked as a flapper. Mr. Standfast His servant would then place a cup of coffee before him, and, like a Laputian flapper, touch him gently on the shoulder. Tracks of a Rolling Stone "They cut us off yesterday," said the flapper. Bunker Bean After dinner my company withdrew, and a person was sent to me by the king’s order, attended by a flapper. Gulliver's Travels A flapper came in and said she had forgotten the name of the book she wanted, but it was something about a young man who had been brought up by the monks. The Haunted Bookshop But there is a "flapper" part in a Percy B. Debris production that I think would be just suited to you and would bring you notice. The Beautiful and Damned She's pretty, too, only a flapper, you know, with a fair plait and a black bow.' Love's Shadow But now the flapper smiled upon him with a wondrous content, and he could say nothing. Bunker Bean Every flapper in the land has read "Jurgen" behind the door; two-thirds of the grandmothers east of the Mississippi have tried to borrow it from me. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages Now you can hardly imagine a Philadelphia flapper writing an effective companion to Bacon's Essays. The Haunted Bookshop |
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