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frippery

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
frippery /ˈfrɪp(ə)ri/

▶noun (pl. fripperies) showy or unnecessary ornament. ▶adjective archaic frivolous and tawdry.

– origin C16 (denoting second-hand clothes): from Fr. friperie, from OFr. freperie, from frepe ‘rag’, of unknown ultimate origin.

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