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[ UK /fɹˈɪpəɹi/ ]
NOUN
  1. something of little value or significance

How To Use frippery In A Sentence

  • Gloves, an Ell or two of Muslin or figured Lawn, and as a little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world, Nabby would have me add, a few yard of Black or Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 1 May 1780
  • You know, somewhere deep inside, that this pointless piece of frippery will find its way into your heart and your bathroom.
  • Every type of panty, bra and female frippery imaginable was hanging in the breeze.
  • But peek behind the curtain, and you'll find there's a lot more going on here than just period frippery.
  • There's a lot to be said for keeping things simple and direct without too much frippery.
  • A house of this size does not leave much room for frippery and single-task space, so many areas double as sleeping cubbies for overflow visitors.
  • But there in the middle of all this fanciness and frippery was this miserable, small, cold lump that, when cooked originally, had been burned.
  • The top layers of my skirt may be pure satin frippery, but the underskirt is tight.
  • But, like Mozart's music, Ozick's prose flirts with frippery.
  • They're made from styrofoam balls, ribbon, pins, and other frippery.
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