Word: flappings
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...flock of strange, crested birds flapped jerkily, like tired oarsmen, westward from England to the Newfoundland Coast. They dropped to land, some to die immediately -bundles of white, bay and bottle green feathers. Some capered crazily on their spindly legs, soon to die with broad, round wing outstretched in a last flap and necks outstretched - like architectural ornaments. A few lived. They were lapwings, whose eggs ("plovers' eggs") British gourmets find piquant. Only in isolated cases had lapwings before been seen in North America. They are natives of northern Europe and Asia and, ornithologists believed, lacked hardihood or strength...
...designed, although he had not yet built, a machine for humans to fly albatross-wise. His machine was to have a wingspan of 25 ft., a tail of 12 ft., and a weight of 150 Ib. The man who would operate it, would lie prone. His feet would flap the contrivance's wings; his hands would steer...
...Tent--Harvard-Yale Night--8.15 to 1 o'clock.--Just raise the flap and step inside...
Along the Champs Elysees tall flagpoles appeared, to be followed by other tall flagpoles along the Grands Boulevards. American and French flags began to flap in thousands on both the Left and Right bank of the Seine. The government announced that a silver medal would be struck in honor of the Legion's visit. Out came the bunting and the banners of welcome all over the city. Signposts in English would direct the former doughboys to the sights of Paris. And immediately those sights began to take on colorful decorations. From base to summit the Eiffel Tower would...
Spontaneous rejoicing burst forth, however, when it was announced that a crane had been seen to flap sedately three times around the Imperial Palace: a man-symbol, according to Japanese...