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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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‡FLACK, v., n.¹

I. v. To flap, to make a flapping noise. Also in Eng. dial.Abd. 1879 G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie xxxiii.:
The soaked curtains were flacking and flying in the great wind.

II. n. A flap, flapping noise.Abd. 1932 J. White Moss Road i.:
The flack of her full black skirt . . . expressing . . . the jealous anger she had felt.