Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That part of a window-shutter which folds into a recess made for it in the window-casing.
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Examples
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When I suddenly burst in, the little woman whisked away through the back-flap like a rabbit.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003
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He watched him go out of the back-flap of the tent, and then he followed him.
The Mystery of the Vanished Prince Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1966
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Steel or brass back-flap hinges (Fig. 233) are generally used and they are sunk into the table as suggested.
Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. William Fairham
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Sam, doing a rapid back-flap and landing with a thump on Bill's head.
The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1924
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Boerum Hill kind of love contiguous with a back-flap, author-bio, he-lives-in-Brooklyn kind of self-love practiced by journalists clammily adoring their own bylines.
Slate Magazine Troy Patterson 2011
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For example, this sort of thing, "added Sam, doing a rapid back-flap and landing with
The Magic Pudding Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff Norman Lindsay 1924
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