Definition of "frump" [frump]

• A girl or woman regarded as dull, plain, or unfashionable. (noun)
• A person regarded as colorless and primly sedate. (noun)

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• "I'll bet Bill Clinton took time out from his usual campaign "frump", picked up his cell phone, and gave Mr. Patterson a "little advice" about his choice of words to the media!!"
• "But the "frump" will let herself and all her surroundings go to seed, not from humbleness of mind or an overwhelming sense of her own unworthiness, but in pure complacent conceit."
• "Okay, like everyone else, I too was staggered that such a seemingly trained voice should come out the mouth of a woman who's been dubbed a 'frump'."