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frippery
noun as in waste, nonsense
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No one in the film comments on any of the frippery.
From Los Angeles Times
Brushing ahead all that geeky frippery, though, and what’s plainest about that scene is how unsettling it is.
From Salon
The more stylized approaches of traditional “Streetcar” revivals aren’t just frippery.
From Los Angeles Times
Belafonte turned the famous into folks, mixing the frippery of the format with the gravitas of the moment.
From New York Times
The sums of money being blown on fripperies are staggering.
From Washington Post
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