frippery

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

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