Young women of Collage age wore rather large rubber galoshes with metal buckles. It seems to have been the fad to wear these boots with the buckles undone and , yes, you have it, the buckles flapped when they walked!!
Friday 5 August 2011
That Word
Alright I brought the word up and now it is just hanging there waiting for someone to come along and explain what it means! The definition is a bit of a mystery. It may have been Mr. Held Jr. that thought it up but I think a more sensible reason is as follows.
Young women of Collage age wore rather large rubber galoshes with metal buckles. It seems to have been the fad to wear these boots with the buckles undone and , yes, you have it, the buckles flapped when they walked!!
Flappers
Young women of Collage age wore rather large rubber galoshes with metal buckles. It seems to have been the fad to wear these boots with the buckles undone and , yes, you have it, the buckles flapped when they walked!!
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I can fremember wearing these galoshes in the fifties in Edmonton but I always did up the buckles.
ReplyDeleteDoes that mean i can't be a flapper?