What does frumpery mean?
Frumpery means Frumpish appearance or behaviour..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Frumpish appearance or behaviour..
Ladies of yesteryear toured world capitals in sedate linen dresses, but such priggish frumpery hardly presents Americans as the carefree, egalitarian, and sensuous people the viewers of dubbed Baywatch episodes have come to expect.
The flick he gave over her robe-clad body was dismissive, adding further to her feelings of frumpery.
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Frumpery means Frumpish appearance or behaviour..
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Ladies of yesteryear toured world capitals in sedate linen dresses, but such priggish frumpery hardly presents Americans as the carefree, egalitarian, and sensuous people the viewers of dubbed Baywatch episodes have come to expect.
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