01 n. Coast-off clothes.
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Coast-off clothes.[Obs.]
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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.
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A place where old clothes are sold.
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The trade or traffic in old clothes.