Definitions

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  • noun A board covered with flannel fabric used as a backdrop when telling stories to children, the characters in the story being placed and moved on the backdrop.

Etymologies

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flannel +‎ -graph

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Examples

  • The ministry team also says they expect to use the flannelgraph sets in their schools.

    Mission Network News Headlines 2010

  • Vision Beyond Borders just sent 10 flannelgraph sets to their partners to help ministry teams illustrate children's and adult Bible studies.

    Mission Network News Headlines 2010

  • The Pilgrim's Progress enacted in the visual X-Box of its day - flannelgraph.

    Catapult Magazine Bruce Soderholm 2010

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