frilly
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She said: "Seeing stoma bags that are glittery and frilly it shows people that we're not just patients we're actually people."
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
It is all preparation of frilly dresses, cakes, deviled eggs, and the anticipation of proper dancing and other carefully prescribed and restrained social interactions between the sexes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
A woman with tears in her eyes showed me the frilly pink pussyhat she originally acquired in 2017.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2025
One of the most multifaceted ingredients, it's a multi-layered bulb around a dense core with sprouting stalks and frilly fronds.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025
“Mami, will you give this pañuelo to me? I don’t have my doll or my frilly dress anymore. I want to have something to remember Cuba.”
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
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