flipperty-floppertyadj.
/ˈflɪpətɪˈflɒpəti/ That ‘goes flip-flop’; loose, dangling.
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1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 83 She is a gaunt, awkward girl, in a ‘flibberty-flobberty’ hat.
1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. xii. 93 He had..one of those flipperty-flopperty things on his head, that the butcher-boys wear.
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