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furbelow

UK /ˈfəː.bɪ.ləʊ/US /ˈfɚ.bɪ.loʊ/

noun 2
verb 1
forms 3

noun2

•
A frill, flounce, or ruffle, as on clothing; a decorative piece of fabric, especially one gathered or pleated as into a ruffle, etc.
- “Well, I don’t know that fifty is much for a dress, with all the furbelows and notions you have to have to finish it off these days.” — 1869
•
A small, showy ornamentation.
- Within, among the bric-a-brac and furbelows, he found Miss Painter seated in a redundant purple armchair with the incongruous air of a horseman bestriding a heavy mount. — 1912

verb1

To adorn with a furbelow; to ornament.

forms

furbelowed · furbelowing · furbelows

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