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fripper

/ˈfɹɪpə(ɹ)/

fripper noun: a dealer in frippery (old clothes).

Noun

fripper (plural frippers)

  1. (obsolete) A dealer in frippery (old clothes).
    • which Collections are much like a Frippers or Brokers Shoppe; that hath ends of eucrie thing, but nothing of worth1605, Francis Bacon, “The Second Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for...
    Synonyms:
    fripperer

fripper meaning in Tamil

fripper in Tamil

பழம் புடவை வணிகன்

Synonyms of fripper

Forms of fripper

pluralfrippers

Origin of fripper

From French fripier, from friper (“to rumple, fumble, waste”).

Questions about fripper

What does fripper mean?
Fripper means a dealer in frippery (old clothes).
What is fripper in Tamil?
Fripper in Tamil is பழம் புடவை வணிகன். See Fripper meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fripper?
Fripper is a noun.
How do you pronounce fripper?
Fripper is pronounced /ˈfɹɪpə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of fripper?
The plural of fripper is frippers.

Words near fripper in the dictionary

  1. Friog
  2. Friol
  3. Friona
  4. Fripp
  5. Fripp Island
  6. fripper
  7. fripperer
  8. fripperers
  9. fripperies
  10. frippers
  11. Frippertronic

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