furbelow

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The following is a song from "The Country Miss and her Furbelow."

From History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan

This vengeance which Herr Hippe executed upon Furbelow seemed to have operated as a sort of escape-valve, and he found voice.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 by Various

Furbelow, fur′be-lō, n. the plaited border of a gown or petticoat, a flounce.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

When he had disappeared, the frozen Zonéla thawed, and with a shriek of anguish flung herself on the inanimate body of Furbelow.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 by Various

"Oh, that's so nice!" said Zonéla, innocently,—pinching poor Furbelow, as she spoke, in order to dispel a very evident snooze that was creeping over him.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 by Various