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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Fripper

n. [ F. fripier, fr. friper to rumple, fumble, waste. ] One who deals in frippery or in old clothes. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fripperer

n. A fripper. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Frippery

n. [ F. friperie, fr. fruper. See Fripper. ] 1. Coast-off clothes. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fond of gauze and French frippery. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gauzy frippery of a French translation. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A place where old clothes are sold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The trade or traffic in old clothes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Frippery

a. Trifling; contemptible. [ 1913 Webster ]

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