flossy

Informal

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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adj.

showy; overembellished.

Quotations

1908

You bet if he would fall in love wid me / An' tell it to me in that flossy way, / I'd hold me arms an' ast him in to stay . . .

1910

". . . Come on boys! Here you are for the nice, glossy floor and the nice, flossy girls. Here you are!"

1958

The fact [was] not mentioned in the flossy propaganda issued by the CMA . . . .