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The fourth dressed turned out to be made by the same designer who gave us the dominatrix dress, only this one, in the words of my wife, was "flapperish": a dress to Charleston in, not that anyone does the Charleston anymore, not even at bar mitzvah parties.
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Mr. Driver and Virginia Kull, who plays his flapperish girlfriend, seem all but weightless by comparison.
Fraud in the Family Terry Teachout 2011
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“I was going for a kind of flapperish Lois Lane,” I said.
The Legacy Kirsten Tranter 2010
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Antonio Calanni/Associated Press ETRO A flapperish chemise with pleats at the hem.
NYT > Home Page By CATHY HORYN 2011
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However, I went out on flapperish limb with a ruffled dress in slate grey-blue, which is remarkably flattering if a touch juvenile.
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'spiffing' and 'good egg' in my humble, but their use all helps to ensure that there is a slightly dotty, frenetic, flapperish atmosphere which makes these stories so agreeable.
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