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frilly

[fril-ee] / ˈfrɪl i /






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It is all preparation of frilly dresses, cakes, deviled eggs, and the anticipation of proper dancing and other carefully prescribed and restrained social interactions between the sexes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

A woman with tears in her eyes showed me the frilly pink pussyhat she originally acquired in 2017.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2025

One of the most multifaceted ingredients, it's a multi-layered bulb around a dense core with sprouting stalks and frilly fronds.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025

From a green American football jersey, combined with a layered frilly red dress styled as a skirt - in the colours of the Zambian flag to pay homage to 60 years of independence.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2024

I got the feeling I was looking at something half formed, a monster so old it was from the beginning of time, before shapes had been frilly defined.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan




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