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as in butter
excessive praise
the one cabinet minister who never resorts to flannel—he always tells it like it is
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as in garbage
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
the first serious book about the British royal family that wasn't just flannel
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Recent Examples of flannel
The company manufactures vintage athletic apparel, reproduction baseball hats and wool flannel jerseys primarily for teams that no longer exist such as the Homestead Grays and the New York Black Yankees.
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Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 17 Mar. 2025
Plaid can be preppy, when seen in suiting, or for the lumberjack in a flannel shirt.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
By 1843, veterans regularly received navy blue jackets, pairs of cotton and linen trousers, flannel drawers and shirts, socks, pairs of shoes, white and checked cotton shirts, silk and cotton handkerchiefs, and hats.
— Made By History, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
Loads of flannels or bomber jackets or saucy little polka-dot dresses with tights.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025
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Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 17 Mar. 2025
Plaid can be preppy, when seen in suiting, or for the lumberjack in a flannel shirt.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
By 1843, veterans regularly received navy blue jackets, pairs of cotton and linen trousers, flannel drawers and shirts, socks, pairs of shoes, white and checked cotton shirts, silk and cotton handkerchiefs, and hats.
— Made By History, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
Loads of flannels or bomber jackets or saucy little polka-dot dresses with tights.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flannel
Noun
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Wrapping Items Wax paper is a great wrapper for sandwiches, sticks of butter, or wedges of cheese.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
18 Apr. 2025
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Skip the butter and fruit preserves and give your morning toast or English muffin a swipe of Ube Halaya.—
Katlyn Moncada,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Mountains of garbage are said to be visible from space and people have complained of seeing rats as big as cats in the refuse.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Apr. 2025
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With the parent club, Davison has been stuck behind Derrick White, Jrue Holiday and Payton Pritchard on the backcourt depth chart, limiting him to 15 mostly garbage-time appearances this season.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Someone is then shot with a harpoon, only to have their guts pulled like taffy from the wound.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Feb. 2025
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Boucher was on the hunt for Abba-Zaba, a chewy taffy bar with a real peanut butter center.—
Jessica Ma,
Sacramento Bee,
20 July 2024
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Use it to find and retrieve stray nuts or bolts in any crevice.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Vegetables like broccoli, tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, kale and asparagus are also included in most low-carb diets—as are eggs, cheese, Greek yogurt and nuts like walnuts, peanuts, macadamia nuts and pistachios.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2025
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And, Margaret, despite being open to negotiations, its decision to opt for defiance, rather than flattery, is a sign China won't back down.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Mar. 2025
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Matty’s imitation is not a form of flattery.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Just ask anyone who's watched an AI confidently spit out nonsense—or worse.—
Bob Ras,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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While Drop, clocking in at an economical 93 minutes, may sound like fun and games, there’s something deeper and more human at its core than mindless nonsense.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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People should wash any skin that comes into contact with the slurry with water and soft soap, before using a hand cream to avoid dryness and cracking.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
2 Sep. 2024
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Most of the questions aimed at the ironic American director of Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and Goodfellas were less softballs than soft soap, with reporters as interested in Scorsese’s favorite food — his mother’s lasagna recipe — as the movies in his peerless filmography.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Feb. 2024
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Depp pushes over a cabinet with dishes, rips open her dress and makes a most unholy noise as her eyeballs go up in their sockets, tongue juts out and globs of drool pour from her mouth.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
24 Dec. 2024
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Wipe the drool off your tank top, put some pants on, and get out your mama’s basement!—
Alex Perry,
The Enquirer,
6 Sep. 2024
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“Flannel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flannel. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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