flanno

English

Etymology

flannel +‎ -o

Pronunciation

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Noun

flanno (plural flannos)

1. (Australia, informal, often attributive) A flannelette shirt.
   • 2012, Ned Manning, Playground Duty, page 94:

     When I started teaching I thought I'd better dress like an adult, so I bought lots of 'grown-up' clothes. […] They were replaced with jeans, T-shirts, flannos, sweatshirts and, in Canberra, duffle coats and beanies.

   • 2014, Susan Butler, The Aitch Factor:

     There is a general notion of how this stereotype dresses (flannos and ugg boots and mullet hairdos) and eats (pizza and Coke).

Synonyms

• flannie