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flannelled fool

idiom

A cricketer (from the white flannel trousers they traditionally wear).


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Related idioms4entries
  1. 01

    fool around

    To engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around.

  2. 02

    fool away

    to waste, squander

  3. 03

    Lump of school

    [Cockney slang]fool

    The market stall holders felt that the sooner the boy stopped reading books and gained practical experience the better.

  4. 04

    play the fool

    To behave in a foolish or comical manner.

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