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flannel |ˈflanl|
noun
1 a kind of soft-woven fabric, typically made of wool or cotton and slightly milled and raised : [as adj. ] my longest, thickest flannel nightgown.
• ( flannels) men's trousers made of such material.
• short for flannelette .
2 Brit. a washcloth.
3 Brit., informal bland fluent talk indulged in to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly : a simple admittance of ignorance was much to be preferred to any amount of flannel.
ORIGIN Middle English : probably from Welsh gwlanen ‘woolen article,’ from gwlân ‘wool.’