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: a young woman
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: a young woman of the period of World War I and the following decade who showed freedom from conventions (as in conduct)
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Daisy’s longtime friend and sardonic golf-playing flapper Jordan Baker is a minor character in The Great Gatsby.
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Danielle Teller, People.com, 10 Apr. 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
The roaring twenties was a heyday for more than just flappers, speakeasies, and Louis Armstrong.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 22 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
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Danielle Teller, People.com, 10 Apr. 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
The roaring twenties was a heyday for more than just flappers, speakeasies, and Louis Armstrong.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 22 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
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“Flapper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flapper. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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