But at last she appeared, being a stout lady with a flounce of flannel petticoat below a nankeen gown. From LearnThat.org. [Charles Dickens. (1812 - 1870). Source: David Copperfield.]
She flounced -- 'flounce' was the only appropriate word!. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
What you all made fun of as a "flounce" out of the conversation I saw as frustration at being treated like a piece of dirt. From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: The "agency model" as I understand it] Reference
A fine picot braid edges each side of the flounce. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Modern Lace Making] Reference
Molly, with a flounce of resignation, cried out. From Wordnik.com. [Sara, a Princess] Reference
"I have bought some 30's flounce dresses," he said. From Wordnik.com. [A Vintage Connoisseur Finds Old Clothes to Sell to the Stars] Reference
There was a flounce on her gown and another in her gait. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
Oh, I know I will catch heck for the “flounce” word. From Wordnik.com. [LGBT Forum Provides Low Point of Day Two at NCMR] Reference
I tried to flounce away, but he still had hold of my arm. From Wordnik.com. [In the Garden of Iden] Reference
A Rose Point flounce, 4 yards long × 5 inches deep 200 0 0. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
Marjorie glanced up from the flounce she was setting to rights. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore] Reference
She was wearing some kind of red shirt with a flounce down the front. From Wordnik.com. [Farthing] Reference
A Rose Point flounce, 4 yards 7 inches long × 24 inches deep 540 0 0. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
A Rose Point flounce, 3 yards 31 inches long × 22 inches deep 600 0 0. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
A Rose Point flounce, 3 yards 32 inches long × 15 inches deep 560 0 0. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
A Brussels flounce 12 1 6 3 yards Honiton flounce, 17 inches deep 69 6 0. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
"No, we haven't," Dawn said, giving her flame-red hair a similar flounce. From Wordnik.com. [Pet Peeve]
A Rose Point flounce, 4 yards 3 inches long × 11-1/2 inches deep 510 0 0. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
A Point d'Argentan flounce, 6 yards 30 inches × 5-1/2 inches deep 140 0 0. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
A Point d'Argentan flounce, 2 yards 26 inches long × 25 inches deep 210 0 0. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
A Point d'Argentan flounce, 3 yards 28 inches long × 24 inches deep 310 0 0. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
A Point d'Argentan flounce, 3 yards 35 inches long × 25 inches deep 431 0 0. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
This engraving represents a flounce of darned-net in its actual size or width. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Modern Lace Making] Reference
Their skirts, homespun, were made with what we used to call a Spanish flounce. From Wordnik.com. [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference
A Point d'Argentan flounce, 3 yards 16 inches long × 24-1/2 inches deep 290 0 0. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
An old Italian Rose Point flounce, 3 yards 19 inches long, 7-1/2 inches deep 520 0 0. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
Thus a fish, finding itself entangled, would flounce and often pull him under water. From Wordnik.com. [The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia] Reference
This was an opportunity for Benavides to flounce his hatred and it was not dignified. From Wordnik.com. [LGBT Forum Provides Low Point of Day Two at NCMR] Reference
An old Italian Rose Point flounce, 3 yards 31 inches long, 17-1/2 inches deep 660 0 0. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
The modest lace flounce that falls in vertical folds decreases her formidable corsage. From Wordnik.com. [What Dress Makes of Us] Reference
The apparent storming out, a widely reported "royal wobbler," even a "very royal flounce.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 12, 2007] Reference
"Some other time, perhaps," Amazonia said as they parted, giving her green skirt a flounce. From Wordnik.com. [Pet Peeve]
His hands were in his pockets, his jacket hitched back into a flounce behind his narrow hips. From Wordnik.com. [The Tiger in the Smoke]
Julia gave a little flounce in her chair, and crossed her legs with a defiant look at her mother. From Wordnik.com. [The Blood of the Conquerors] Reference
She flung the paper toward Milt Forsburg as she entered, then swung around the desk with a flounce. From Wordnik.com. [Murder Without Icing]
Of course, the worthy Otto wins, and the defeated dogs flounce off like the sore losermen they are. From Wordnik.com. [Hey, Kids, Let's Have an Election!] Reference
The points of the flounce are darned back and forth in selvedge effect; but they may be worked in button-hole stitch if preferred. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Modern Lace Making] Reference
The flounce is for a child's dress made of net darned all over in the pattern seen in the picture, and worn over a tinted silk slip. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Modern Lace Making] Reference
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