frill
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“The attitude was that this is a frill, just like art and music. Not essential.”
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
Measuring about five metres long and weighing two tonnes, the four-legged beasts had large heads, adorned with a distinctive bony frill and three horns.
From BBC • May 19, 2025
The subject doesn’t require a lot of rhetorical frill to have its effect.
From Slate • Aug. 23, 2024
And its frill was unlike any described so far: Not only did it sport two large, curved horns, it also boasted two spikes in the middle, one longer than the other.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 20, 2024
I rub it, looking down to a frill of seaweed, bits of rope, and a broken lobster trap caught between the huge rocks at the water’s edge.
From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord
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