: a football player stationed wide of the formation slightly behind the line of scrimmage as a pass receiver
called also flanker back
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And as shoppers have gotten smarter about fragrances, flankers have gotten better and better.
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Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2024
Related Articles The race travels through different landscapes mirroring the different fragrances, moving from the burst of speed at its opening for Eros Energy to a waterfall representing the Eros scent and a vast rocky terrain nodding to the Eros Flame flanker.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 6 Aug. 2024
He also is poised to line up as a flanker more often than not.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024
Three-digits calls assign a single-digit apiece to the split end, tight end and flanker in that order.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
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Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2024
Related Articles The race travels through different landscapes mirroring the different fragrances, moving from the burst of speed at its opening for Eros Energy to a waterfall representing the Eros scent and a vast rocky terrain nodding to the Eros Flame flanker.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 6 Aug. 2024
He also is poised to line up as a flanker more often than not.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024
Three-digits calls assign a single-digit apiece to the split end, tight end and flanker in that order.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
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“Flanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flanker. Accessed 30 Sep. 2024.
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flanker
noun
flank·er
ˈflaŋ-kər 
1
: one that flanks
2
: a football player stationed wide of the formation especially as a pass receiver
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