"flapper board" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flapper boards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flapper board (plural flapper boards)
  1. (historical) A mechanical display board, used at railway stations etc., having the text characters on individual flaps that can be rotated to form different messages. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-flapper_board-en-noun-OuVaydcB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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