n. Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Coast-off clothes.
n. Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
n. A place where old clothes are sold.
n. The trade or traffic in old clothes.
adj. Trifling; contemptible.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Trade or traffic in old clothes.
n. A place where old clothes are sold.
n. Old clothes; cast-off garments; clothing discarded after wearing.
n. Hence Worthless or useless trifles; trumpery; gewgaws.
Trifling; frivolous; contemptible; trumpery.
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n. something of little value or significance
Word Usage
"Gloves, an Ell or two of Muslin or figured Lawn, and as a little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world, Nabby would have me add, a few yard of Black or"