frippery
- Noun. Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
- Noun. Useless things; trifles.
- Noun. (obsolete) Cast-off clothes.
- Noun. (obsolete) The trade or traffic in old clothes.
- Noun. (obsolete) The place where old clothes are sold.
- Noun. Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
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