frip·pery /ˈfrɪp(ə)ri/
俗艷,無用的東西
Frip·per·y n.
1. Coast-off clothes. [Obs.]
2. Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
Fond of gauze and French frippery. --Goldsmith.
The gauzy frippery of a French translation. --Sir W. Scott.
3. A place where old clothes are sold.
4. The trade or traffic in old clothes.
Frip·per·y a. Trifling; contemptible.
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frippery
n : something of little value or significance [syn: bagatelle,
fluff, frivolity]