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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _stringlist(*args):
 """ Take a lists of strings or strings and flatten these into a list of strings. Arguments: Exceptions: None """

    return list(itertools.chain.from_iterable(itertools.repeat(x,1) if stringy(x) else x for x in args if x))