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ALL meanings of frippery

frip·per·y
F f
  • noun plural frippery finery in dress, especially when showy, gaudy, or the like. 1
  • noun plural frippery empty display; ostentation. 1
  • noun plural frippery gewgaws; trifles. 1
  • noun frippery sth trivial or frivolous 1
  • noun frippery Showy or unnecessary ornament in architecture, dress, or language. 1
  • noun frippery Ostentation, as in fancy clothing. 0
  • noun frippery Useless things; trifles. 0
  • noun frippery (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Cast-off clothes. 0
  • noun frippery (Obsolete (No longer in use)) The trade or traffic in old clothes. 0
  • noun frippery (Obsolete (No longer in use)) The place where old clothes are sold. 0
  • noun frippery Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance. 0
  • uncountable noun frippery If you refer to something as frippery, you mean that it is silly or unnecessary, and only done or worn for pleasure 0
  • noun frippery ornate or showy clothing or adornment 0
  • noun frippery showiness; ostentation 0
  • noun frippery unimportant considerations; trifles; trivia 0
  • noun frippery cheap, gaudy clothes; tawdry finery 0
  • noun frippery showy display in dress, manners, speech, etc.; affectation of elegance 0
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