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FRIPPERIES
Noun
fripperies
plural of frippery
Source: Wiktionary
FRIPPERY
Frip"per*y, n. Etym: [F. friperie, fr. fruper. See Fripper.]
1. Coast-off clothes. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance. Fond of gauze and French frippery. Goldsmith. The gauzy frippery of a French translation. Sir W. Scott.
3. A place where old clothes are sold. Shak.
4. The trade or traffic in old clothes.
Frip"per*y, a.
Definition: Trifling; contemptible.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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