1833. MARRYAT, Peter Simple, II. viii. My dear Mr. Simple, extend your FLAPPER to me, for I’m delighted to see you.
1859. G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.
1866. The London Miscellany, 19 May, p. 235, 2. ‘There’s my FLAPPER on the strength of it.’ Guy shook hands with the eccentric stranger heartily.
2. (common).—A little girl. [Also a fledgeling wild duck.]
3. (venery).—A very young prostitute; cf., sense 2.
4. (common).—A dustman’s or coal-heaver’s hat; a FANTAIL (q.v.).
5. (in pl.).—Very long-pointed shoes worn by ‘nigger’ minstrels.
6. (venery).—The penis. (For synonyms, see CREAMSTICK and PRICK).
7. (colloquial).—A parasite; a remembrancer. (Cf. SWIFT, Gulliver’s Travels, ‘Laputa.’)
