Read full poem →Nay, oft, in dreams, invention we bestow,
To change a flounce, or add a furbelow.
Dictionary Entry
A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.W
Origin
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Common Phrases
. flouncearound flounceoff flounceflounce deepflounce lace
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Poetry examples for “flounce”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Here he may revel to his heart's content,
Flounce like a fish in his own element,
Toss back his fine curls from their forehead fair,
Read full poem →Your own, I suppose—or is it in waiting?"
"Why, whose should it be?" cried I, with a flounce;
"I get these things often"—but that was a bounce:
Read full poem →Your own, I suppose—or is it in waiting?’ 40
‘Why, whose should it be?’ cried I with a flounce,
‘I get these things often;’—but that was a bounce: