The Bank's Closed
Flapper brush-off meaning no more kissing or canoodling tonight, fella.
Definitions
More broadly, a refusal that the well of favors or attention has run dry.
A flapper's way of telling a suitor that there will be no more kissing or romantic affection.
A teasing way to end an evening's flirtation.
The Bank's Closed In A Sentence
Origin & Usage
A 1920s flapper slang phrase used to rebuff a romantic advance, especially to stop a date's kissing. It belongs to a cluster of cheeky money-and-romance metaphors that flappers used to set boundaries.
People Also Ask
What does 'the bank's closed' mean in slang?
It was a flapper's playful way of saying no more kissing or affection. The romance, like a bank, was shut for the night.
Where did 'the bank's closed' come from?
From 1920s flapper slang, part of a set of witty money metaphors young women used to fend off overeager dates.
Was 'the bank's closed' only about romance?
Mainly, but it stretched to any refusal, telling someone the supply of favors had run out.
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