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Definition of: frippery
(frip′ər·ē) noun plural ·per·ies
1. Mean or worthless things; trumpery; tawdry finery; gew–gaws.
2. Obs. Cast–off or old clothes.
3. Obs. Traffic in old clothes, or a place where they are sold. [<F friperie <OF freperie <frepe a rag]
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