frippery

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Synonyms: fripper, flippery, slippery, ripper, foppery, flipper, fripperer, dripper, frippet, quippery, tripper

Antonyms: fripper, flippery, slippery, ripper, foppery, flipper, fripperer, dripper, frippet, quippery, tripper

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Noun

1. [[ostentation|Ostentation]], as in fancy clothing.
2. Useless things; [[trifle]]s.
3. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Cast-off clothes.
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The trade or traffic in old clothes.
5. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The place where old clothes are sold.
6. Hence: secondhand [[finery]]; [[cheap]] and [[tawdry]] decoration; [[affected]] [[elegance]].

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