fripperies
noun
Meaning
- Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
- Useless things; trifles.
- Cast-off clothes.
- The trade or traffic in old clothes.
- The place where old clothes are sold.
- Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
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