flannel
/ˈflænəl/ verb C2- To rub with a flannel.
- To wrap in flannel.
- To flatter; to suck up to.
- To waffle or prevaricate.
He/she/it flannels · Past flanneled · Past participle flanneled · -ing form flanneling
Verb forms
- Base form
- flannel
- He/she/it
- flannels
- Past
- flanneled
- Past participle
- flanneled
- -ing form
- flanneling
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Now, I’ll undress Minnie May and put her to bed and you try to find some soft flannel cloths, Diana.
The official received us with a very grave face and showed us into a sitting-room, where an exceedingly unkempt and agitated elderly man, clad in a flannel dressing-gown, was pacing up and down.
He was still wearing his favorite flannel pajamas and cozy slippers.
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