Flannel vs Flannelgraph - What's the difference?
flannel | flannelgraph |
(uncountable) A soft cloth material woven from wool, possibly combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
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(New Zealand, British) A washcloth.
(slang) Soothing plausible untruth and half truth, claptrap - ''"Don't talk flannel" [http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/56/messages/708.html][http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-synonyms/claptrap][http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19971103]
made of
A board covered with flannel fabric used as a backdrop when telling stories to children, the characters in the story being placed and moved on the backdrop.
As nouns the difference between flannel and flannelgraph
is that flannel is (uncountable) a soft cloth material woven from wool, possibly combined with cotton or synthetic fibers while flannelgraph is a board covered with flannel fabric used as a backdrop when telling stories to children, the characters in the story being placed and moved on the backdrop.As an adjective flannel
is made of.As a verb flannel
is to rub with a flannel.flannel
English
(wikipedia flannel)Alternative forms
* (l) (dialectal) * (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)Noun
- With the weather turning colder, it was time to dig out our flannel sheets and nightclothes.
- First singer and guitarist Marcus Mumford, wearing a black suit, then bassist Ted Dwane, in leather bomber and T-shirt. Next bearded banjo player Winston Marshall, his blue flannel shirt hanging loose, and pianist Ben Lovett, wrapped in a woollen coat.