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frillies

frillies noun: frilly clothing.

Noun

frillies pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) frilly clothing
    • The older girls rode in a long habit. Helen's legs and mine were too young to be considered improper by Mrs. Crane. So our frillies flapped joyously.1942, Emily Carr, “Mrs. Crane”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC

Questions about frillies

What does frillies mean?
Frillies means frilly clothing.
What part of speech is frillies?
Frillies is a noun.

Words near frillies in the dictionary

  1. frilleries
  2. frillers
  3. frillery
  4. frillgoby
  5. frillier
  6. frillies
  7. frilliest
  8. frillily
  9. frilliness
  10. frilling
  11. frillings

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