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Meaning
Noun
●
Ostentation,
as in
fancy
clothing.
●
Useless things; trifles.
●
Cast-off clothes.
●
The
trade
or
traffic
in
old
clothes.
●
The place where
old
clothes
are sold.
●
Hence:
secondhand
finery
;
cheap
and
tawdry
decoration
;
affected
elegance.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
frippery
English
friperie
French
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Frivolity
Gimmickry
Piffle
Ostentation
Twaddle
Gewgaws
Extravagance
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Frivolities
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Pretension
Nonsense
Trivialities
Banalities
Pomp
Sentimentalism
Gobbledegook
Tomfoolery
Folderol
Geegaws
Fineries
Melodrama
Puffery
Whimsy
Balderdash
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