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Examples
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He felt unnecessarily stiff and awkward among these white-flannelled, bareheaded youths, who must be juniors and seniors, judging from the savoir faire with which they strolled.
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That man, with his fine, white-flannelled limbs and his dark head, has no suspicion of the shadow that supports it all.
The Trespasser 2003
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He felt unnecessarily stiff and awkward among these white-flannelled, bareheaded youths, who must be juniors and seniors, judging from the savoir faire with which they strolled.
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They have listened to so much, those walls, and we shall perish and wax old as a garment, and still the tea and strawberries shall brew and bloom along the emerald turf, and infatuated youths shall cross their slim, white-flannelled legs and hang upon the voice of their charmer.
Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon 1918
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He felt unnecessarily stiff and awkward among these white-flannelled, bareheaded youths, who must be juniors and seniors, judging from the savoir faire with which they strolled.
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He followed after her, and stood with the lanterns dangling against his white-flannelled thighs, emphasising the shadow around.
Women in Love 1907
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That man, with his fine, white-flannelled limbs and his dark head, has no suspicion of the shadow that supports it all.
The Trespasser 1907
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Majesty's dominions, and still where the Union Jack floats he will pass the wickets pitched and white-flannelled Britons playing for all they are worth, while men of subject races keep the score-sheet.
From a Cornish Window A New Edition Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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This evening on my way along the cliffs -- perhaps because I had spent a day bathing in sunshine in the company of white-flannelled youths -- the old sensation had returned to haunt me.
News from the Duchy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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A few moments later the white balls were flying over the white net, and active white-flannelled figures were moving swiftly over the velvet turf.
The Younger Set 1899
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