How to Use flapper in a Sentence

flapper

noun

• Keep in Mind The flapper gets in the way of the stream.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2023
• Adding to the flapper-like style of the dress were layers of pearl necklaces.
  — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 7 July 2021
• And make sure the flapper remains down and covers the hole.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 24 Mar. 2023
• The square neckline and length all add to the flapper vibe, though the gown is new—and Armani, of course.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 21 Feb. 2023
• BodyVox teams with the Akropolis Reed Quintet to bring back the era of flappers and speakeasies.
  — oregonlive, 6 Jan. 2020
• Next, remove the flapper from the inside of the toilet.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 24 Mar. 2023
• In the 1920s, skirts rose to knee-length, and flappers rolled their silk stockings down to below the knee to flash a bit of skin.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 17 Sep. 2019
• Once that’s been done, detach the chain that connects the flapper to the flush handle and install the new valve.
  — John Kennedy, Popular Science, 23 Aug. 2020
• Just before the driver slammed the door, a woman in a red flapper dress joined us.
  — Carmel Breathnach, New York Times, 8 July 2023
• Worn flappers can cause toilets to run or have silent leaks.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Apr. 2024
• Everybody has enjoyed the flappers and the Gatsby and all of that sort of flashy stuff.
  — Angela Serratore, Smithsonian, 1 Aug. 2019
• The teen picked out a white and silver flapper dress to go along with her prom's Great Gatsby theme.
  — Sheeka Sanahori, Humankind, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2017
• Simply unhook from the old flapper from the flush valve and disconnect the chain.
  — Fran Aliwalas, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2021
• Flapper Dresses: Fresh off the Spring 2012 runways, flapper-style dresses proved to be one of the hottest trends of the night.
  — Julia Malacoff, Redbook, 12 Jan. 2012
• Fast-forward to the flappers of the 1920s, driving hell for leather in flashy motorcars.
  — Town & Country, 3 Mar. 2023
• This can prevent the flapper from sealing over the flush valve opening.
  — Angela Watson, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2021
• Ring in the new year in true 1920s flapper fashion in this multi-room party.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2021
• Fitzgerald shows us the birth of the flapper: self-conscious, often vain, but a good sport and woman of her word.
  — Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books, 8 Oct. 2020
• There are hundreds of other Jazz Age relics that conflate the flapper and the crossword as icons of the Zeitgeist.
  — Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2021
• Parts like the seal, flapper, and gasket that connects the tank to the bowl itself are made of plastic or rubber.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2023
• And the inevitable flapper will place her flimsy winter dresses in the moth balls and dig out her furs.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2022
• This V-neck stunner brings back the charm of the flapper era, combined with a modern bodycon touch.
  — Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
• Some said flappers would turn out smarter and stronger than their foremothers.
  — Erin Alberty, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
• Katie Holmes, for one, wore a crystal cage dress from Jonathan Simkhai with a swishy fringe hemline—a modern take on the 1920s flapper dress.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 Nov. 2022
• Don your fedoras and your flappers and get ready to Charleston.
  — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 3 Feb. 2020
• But flapperese lacks a word for the flapper’s male counterpart.
  — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2020
• North was a flapper with a gift for publicity and a nose for action.
  — Immy Humes, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2022
• The roaring twenties was a heyday for more than just flappers, speakeasies, and Louis Armstrong.
  — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2025
• Winners: The flappers' defenders — many of them men — noted the unfair double-standard that damned young women for doing the same things that young men had always done.
  — Erin Alberty, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
• Many of the effortless looks were anchored with fluid pencil skirts offered in an array of textures, from liquid-looking silk to textural fringes and micro beads, the latter conjuring a demure flapper girl élan.
  — WWD, 3 Mar. 2025