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Flasher

noun

Someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals. Synonym: exhibitionist.

An electrical device that automatically turns a lamp on and off (as for an advertising display).

A light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages. Synonym: blinker.

Flash

adjective

Tastelessly showy. Synonyms: brassy, cheap, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy. "A flashy ring" , "Garish colors" , "A gaudy costume" , "Loud sport shirts" , "A meretricious yet stylish book" , "Tawdry ornaments"

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"Flasher" Quotes from Famous Books

... lord, should never have parted us," said Richie; "methinks, had the warst come to warst, I could have starved as gallantly as your lordship, or more so, being in some sort used to it; for, though I was bred at a flasher's stall, I have not through my life had ...

— The Fortunes of Nigel • Sir Walter Scott

... intoxicated, nevertheless, and more than once on the point of leaving the house. The unreality of it all held him more than weakness, for in some things James Hamilton was strong enough. The weakness in him was down at the roots of his character, and he was neither a feathercock nor a flasher. He had no intention of making love to Rachael until he saw his future more clearly than he did to-night. During the fortnight that had passed since he met her, he had thought of little else, and to-night he wanted nothing else, but impulsive and passionate ...

— The Conqueror • Gertrude Franklin Atherton