flutterer

Why he called her his flutterer no one ever knew, unless it was because her ribbons were incessantly fluttering; but, had he called her his shadow, the name would have been more appropriate.

Madame Midas 2003

You see -- poor, giddy flutterer -- he did not like to hear the plain truth spoken; flattery would have pleased him better, yet truth, though sometimes bitter, is a wholesome tonic when taken properly.

Parables from Flowers Gertrude P. Dyer

The one marked with a cross is drawn by the flutterer and means that he is for it.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11 Various

The pigeons flew toward the flutterer, made a swirl in the air, and began to light on the pigeon pole.

Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59

Philosophy there is, and very good philosophy too, from the flutterer and fritter, and such love-making as every virtuous woman (at heart a minx) allows.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11 Various

If not, it meant that she was out of the chrysalis and had become, not the busy bee that belongs to the mesquite and the sage, but a gaudier, less responsible flutterer among eastern flower-beds.

Rimrock Trail 1906

"Don't get alarmed, don't get peevish, don't get panicky, don't be a wicked old flutterer, Ham, my boy!" he said.

Bones in London Edgar Wallace 1903

It was only the lightest touch; and instantly, suddenly, as if startled by the chill contact, the azure flutterer rose again.

Children of the Wild Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901

It seemed to catch the eccentric little flutterer fairly.

Children of the Wild Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901

Why he called her his flutterer no one ever knew, unless it was because her ribbons were incessantly fluttering; but, had he called her his shadow, the name would have been more appropriate.

Madame Midas Fergus Hume 1895