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Flannel

noun

A soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing.

Bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body. Synonyms: face cloth, washcloth, washrag.

(usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth. Synonyms: gabardine, tweed, white.

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"Flannel" Quotes from Famous Books

... lady patch hearts that are breaking With handfuls of coals and rice, Or by dealing out flannel and sheeting A little ...

— Yeast: A Problem • Charles Kingsley

... beyond showing them the patient politeness enjoined by the Company's rules. He knew nothing of Mr Markham, who dispensed with the services of a valet and dressed with a shabbiness only pardonable in the extremely rich. Mr Markham, 'the Insurance King,' had arrayed himself this morning in gray flannel, with a reach-me-down overcoat, cloth cap, and carpet slippers that betrayed his flat, Jewish instep. Dick Rendal sized him up for an insurance tout; but behaved precisely as he would have behaved on better information. ...

— Corporal Sam and Other Stories • A. T. Quiller-Couch

... was dressed differently. He wore a sort of yellow, flannel morning gown, and a broad-brimmed Manilla hat. Large and portly, he was also hale and fifty; with a complexion like an autumnal leaf—handsome blue eyes—fine teeth, and a racy Milesian brogue. In short, he was an Irishman; Father Murphy, by name; and, as such, pretty well known, and very thoroughly ...

— Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas • Herman Melville

... which would only deprive him of a few days' comfort and happiness, and they have his hearty prayers. He continues in the same ludicrous strain, "I have a letter from Troubridge urging me to wear flannel shirts, as though he cared for me. He hopes that I shall go and have walks ashore, as the weather is now fine." "I suppose he is laughing at me, but never mind." He suffers from sea-sickness and toothache, and "none of them care a damn about my sufferings," ...

— Drake, Nelson and Napoleon • Walter Runciman

... the child after birth. A soft hair brush. Three old towels. Small package of sterile gauze squares. Scales. Diapers. A silk and wool shirt (size No. 2). An abdominal band to be sewed on with needle and thread. A pair of silk and wool stockings. A flannel skirt. An outing flannel night dress. A ...

— The Mother and Her Child • William S. Sadler

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