What is that which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value. London pride is a pretty fancy for borders. Mortimer called?
fancy — That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value. London pride is a pretty fancy for borders. Mortimer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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