What does "frippery" mean?
Frippery: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.A place where old clothes are sold. Shak.
- 3.The trade or traffic in old clothes.
- 4.Trifling; contemptible.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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