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flannel

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1
as in butter
excessive praise the one cabinet minister who never resorts to flannel—he always tells it like it is

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as in garbage
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense the first serious book about the British royal family that wasn't just flannel

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“Flannel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flannel. Accessed 2 Dec. 2022.

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