Flapper, subs. (common).—1. The hand; also flapper-shaker. For synonyms, see Daddle and Mauley.
1833. Marryat, Peter Simple, ch. vii. My Dear Mr. Simple, extend your flapper to me for I’m delighted to see you.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, or Rogues’ Lexicon, s.v.
1866. London Miscellany, May 19, p. 235. ‘There’s my flapper on the strength of it.’ Guy shook hands with the eccentric stranger heartily.
2. (common).—A little girl. [Also a fledgling 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, ‘Laputa.’)