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frumpy

[fruhm-pee] / ˈfrʌm pi /


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Equihua is reimagining the frumpy image of the adult pajama, afterthought cotton shirts and old worn-in lover’s shorts that would never see the light of day.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

After Fawlty Towers, Scales continued to work in television, including a stint as the frumpy Elizabeth Mapp in ITV's Mapp and Lucia.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

What’s left is a narrowed, frumpy prestige app that feels like HBO Now and HBO Go, complemented only by a limited window of BritBox previews.

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2025

However you look, you will feel frumpy compared to everyone else.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023

“I don’t want to wear anything real pretty and lacy to the game. I prefer to wear something real ugly and frumpy instead.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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