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/kˈæntən flˈænəl/ Listen

noun

Canton flannel n. See Cotton flannel.

Flannel n.

A soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture.

A cotton fabric with a thick nap on one side, resembling flannel (1); it is used, e. g. for underwear or sheets; also called flanellette.

pl. Garments made of flannel, especially underwear.

A washcloth. (Brit.)

Humbug; nonsensical or evasive talk. (Brit. informal)

Insincere flattery or praise. (Brit. informal)

Adam's flannel. (Bot.) See under Adam.

Canton flannel, Cotton flannel. See Cotton flannel, under Cotton.

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... we'll see." And they did see. They saw exactly eighteen fluffy, peeping chicks, whose timid little mothers could not understand why their broods disappeared one by one from the long, wet grasses surrounding the nest. But in a warm canton flannel lined basket near the Henderson's stove the young arrivals chirped and picked at warm meal as sturdily as if hatched in a coop by a commonplace barnyard "Biddy." And every one of those chicks lived and grew ...

— The Moccasin Maker • E. Pauline Johnson

... with white canton flannel, so arranged over slight ridges and hummocks that it looked exactly like ...

— Patty's Success • Carolyn Wells

... costume; but no one expected her queenly robes to be of silk velvet, her imperial ermine to be anything rarer than rabbit-skin. My own earliest ermine was humbler still, being constructed of the very democratic white canton flannel turned wrong side out, while the ermine's characteristic little black tails were formed by short bits of round shoe-lacing. The only advantage I can honestly claim for this domestic ermine is its freedom from the moths, who dearly love imported garments of soft fine cloth and rare ...

— Stage Confidences • Clara Morris

... within the tiny trunk for her clothing. The plain black cashmere that had been turned and returned until it had nearly forgotten its original texture, but which was her Sunday best, the two black dresses for every-day wear, the two night-dresses of Canton flannel, the woolen underskirt and the lighter one for summer, the heavy stockings, the Sunday shoes, a life of John Calvin that a director had given her, her Bible—and the packing ...

— Drusilla with a Million • Elizabeth Cooper