Fallal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fallal is a noun meaning A piece of ribbon worn as a streamer.
Meaning
A piece of ribbon worn as a streamer.
More Meanings
- (often in the plural, dated) Any trifling ornament.
Example Sentences
I should be ashamed to coddle myself as you do! And yet I am old. I need looking after. And there! there! fitting up gowns! fallals!
He would pay her bills, you know, and even that with a good deal of reluctance and asking what she wanted all those fal-lals for—so like a man—
Wherever she went she had, if not the finest, at any rate the most showy gown in the room; her ornaments were the biggest; her hats, toques, berets, marabouts, and other fallals, always the most conspicuous.
Word Forms
- fallals
- fal-lal
Synonyms for fallal
Depending on context, synonyms include bauble, trinket, bangle, gewgaw, gaud, novelty.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bangle, trinket, bauble, gewgaw, gaud, novelty.
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