floppy

floppy
Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.

The smile, the white collar worn with a dark shirt, the floppy breast-pocket handkerchief would surely be famous when the chaps in the rows behind were mere forgotten grins and frowns.

2. noun

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