frippery
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He preferred plain clothes, once requesting that his tailor make his new suits “as free from tawdriness, & Frippery as possible.”
From Slate • Apr. 5, 2013
Frippery, frip′ėr-i, n. worn-out clothes: the place where old clothes are sold: useless trifles.—adj. useless: trifling.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
A witty Woman conceited, looks like a handsome Woman set out with Frippery: Aw'dw.
From The Female Wits by Anonymous
Nay, dear sometimes have bought the Frippery stuff.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague
Frippery which would be discarded in England is often useful in India.
From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Wyndham, Horace
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