flouse n also flaus ADD flaus Nfld; see FLICY*. Splash.
   1924 ENGLAND 249-50 My darlin' man, such a muckery! Flaus, evveryt'ing was goin'. 1925 Dial Notes v, 331 Flaus. interj. An exclamation denoting sudden or violent action. T 194/-65 I never tried to swim in my life, not before then. An' I was lookin'over my shoulder at Fred an' I made one flouse wi' my right hand like that, an' I slewed around an' I come out of water breast high.

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