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fripperies Definition


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frippery
noun fripperies
    1. Showy and unnecessary finery or adornment.
      Thesaurus: finery, frilliness, gaudiness, foppery, frills, frothery; Antonym: plainness.
    2. Trifles; trivia.
Etymology: 16c: from French freperie, from frepe a rag.



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