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Another word for frippery

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Noun

  1. Showy and elaborate clothing or apparel

    See also:

    put-on

  2. Something or things that are unimportant

    See also:

    surface

    important

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Another word for frippery

Noun
  1. See also:

    frill

    finery

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Sentence Examples

  • Flowers and other sorts of frippery were added to the formerly utilitarian rubber head pieces, giving swimwear a very distinctive look that is still associated with this period.

  • Most are actually getting larger, sprouting LCD screens, card readers and all sorts of other frippery.

  • The cerebral cortexes of older folk are too hardened up to let such frippery in.

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