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frippery (encz) | frippery,tretky n: Zdeněk Brož |
Frippery (gcide) | Frippery \Frip"per*y\, n. [F. friperie, fr. fruper. See
Fripper.]
1. Coast-off clothes. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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2. Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration;
affected elegance.
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Fond of gauze and French frippery. --Goldsmith.
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The gauzy frippery of a French translation. --Sir W.
Scott.
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3. A place where old clothes are sold. --Shak.
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4. The trade or traffic in old clothes.
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Frippery (gcide) | Frippery \Frip"per*y\, a.
Trifling; contemptible.
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frippery (wn) | frippery
n 1: something of little value or significance [syn:
bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity] |
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Frippery (gcide) | Frippery \Frip"per*y\, n. [F. friperie, fr. fruper. See
Fripper.]
1. Coast-off clothes. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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2. Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration;
affected elegance.
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Fond of gauze and French frippery. --Goldsmith.
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The gauzy frippery of a French translation. --Sir W.
Scott.
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3. A place where old clothes are sold. --Shak.
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4. The trade or traffic in old clothes.
[1913 Webster]Frippery \Frip"per*y\, a.
Trifling; contemptible.
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