Definition of "frippery" [frip•per•y]

• Pretentious, showy finery. (noun)
• Pretentious elegance; ostentation. (noun)
• Something trivial or nonessential. (noun)

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• "Gloves, an Ell or two of Muslin or figured Lawn, and as a little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world, Nabby would have me add, a few yard of Black or"
• "In San Francisco, Tim meets Jay, calls his frippery-based collection the equivalent of"
• "Ignore the insanely complex and expensive parallelogram-hinged door frippery, which is strictly concept; the car does provide some design clues."