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flexible friend
noun
Definition of
flexible friend noun
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
flexible friend
noun
(
British English
informal
ironic
)
a humorous way of referring to a
credit card
after the phrase was used in British television advertisements for the former Access card in the
1980s
.