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单词 fripperies
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fripperies in British English

plural noun
frippery
 

frippery in British English

(ˈfrɪpərɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -peries
1. 
ornate or showy clothing or adornment
2. 
showiness; ostentation
3. 
unimportant considerations; trifles; trivia
Word origin
C16: from Old French freperie, from frepe frill, rag, old garment, from Medieval Latin faluppa a straw, splinter, of obscure origin

Examples of 'fripperies' in a sentence
fripperies

And yet, life can intrude on comparative fripperies such as sport.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
After all, they would have only wasted the cash on fripperies.
The Sun (2017)
The fripperies of football grate in this wider context.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The diversions: more than the usual cruise-ship fripperies.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The furniture and fittings were built in the basement, and they jettisoned fripperies.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But world events soon swept such fripperies aside.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It is the issue that's important, not the fripperies.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Forgo a holiday, cut back on fripperies.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
If we use love up on fripperies we'll have nothing left for special occasions.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
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