Random Sequence: such frippery
"Hum -- that means they call themselves 'aristocratic,' the younger folks -- for the old gentleman's always been too busy to care about your frippery called 'social distinctions!'"
--Mary W. Janvrin, "Only a Mechanic", in Godey's Lady Book and Magazine, July 1864
(I found a bound copy of several issues of Godey's in my basement and have been flipping through the dusty pages.)
frippery (noun) = showy or unnecessary ornamentation, including in language; overly affected elegance
There's a store in my neighborhood that specializes in frippery:
--Mary W. Janvrin, "Only a Mechanic", in Godey's Lady Book and Magazine, July 1864
(I found a bound copy of several issues of Godey's in my basement and have been flipping through the dusty pages.)
frippery (noun) = showy or unnecessary ornamentation, including in language; overly affected elegance
There's a store in my neighborhood that specializes in frippery:
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