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Meaning
Noun
●
A
soft
cloth
material
originally
woven
from
wool
,
today
often
combined
with
cotton
or
synthetic
fibers.
●
In British English & New Zealand English:
A washcloth.
●
In American English:
A
flannel
shirt.
●
Soothing,
plausible
untruth
or
half-truth
; claptrap.
Adj
●
Made of flannel.
Verb
●
To
rub
with a flannel.
●
To
wrap
in flannel.
●
To
flatter
; to
suck up
to.
●
In Fabrics:
To
waffle
or prevaricate.
Sourced from
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Origin
flannel
English
flaunneol
Middle English (1100-1500)
flanelle
Anglo-Norman
Sourced from
Etym
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Rhymes
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Flannel
Channel
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