See Also: personal allowance(dictionary)
Additional personal allowance(finance)
allowance(medicine)
allowance(dictionary)
Age allowance(finance)
allowance(dictionary)
ALLOWANCE TO A PRISONER(law)
Family Allowance(law)
Notice Of Allowance(law)
Handling Allowance(money)

flossy (iou) and personal allowance (oh)


flossy (iou)



flossy adjective. M19.
[from FLOSS noun2 + -Y1.]
Resembling or consisting of floss (FLOSS noun2). M19.
Excessively grand or stylish; fancy, showy. Also, saucy, 'fresh'. N. Amer. colloq. L19.
S. Turow Dixon still had the flossy gleam of a cheap suit..and..he was if anything more brash.
flossied ppl adjective (colloq.) dressed up in a showy style M20.

personal allowance (oh)



n [C]
BrE the amount of money that you can earn each year before you must pay income tax