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1. A soft light woollen fabric; used for clothing
    
2. [Brit] Bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body
   - washcloth [N. Amer], washrag, face cloth [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
   - gabardine, tweed, white
    
4. [Brit] Evasive talk

1. Talk quickly in an evasive or insincere way

Derived forms: flannels, flannelled, flannelling

Type of: bath linen, cloth, dack [Austral, NZ], dak [Austral, NZ], fabric, material, pant [N. Amer], textile, trouser

Encyclopedia: Flannel