a. [f. FLAP v. + -Y1.] † 1. = FLABBY a. 1. Obs.
1598. Florio, Impassire … to grow flappy, withered, or wrimpled [1611 to grow flappie and wrimpled].
2. dial. (See quots.)
1846. Brockett, N. C. Words (ed. 3), Flappy, wild, irregular, unsteady. ‘An old flappy body.’
1892. Northumbld. Gloss., Flappy, uneven, unsteady. ‘The carpet’s lyin’ aall flappy.’
