flannelled fool

noun

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

Meanings

nounflannelled fool (plural flannelled fools)

plural flannelled fools

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