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The Collaborative International Dictionary
frills

frills \frills\ n. Ornamental objects of no great value.

Syn: falderal, folderol, gimcrackery, gimcracks, nonsense, trumpery.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
frills

"mere embellishments," 1893, often in negative constructions; earlier "affectation of dress or manner" (1845), U.S. colloquial, from frill (n.) "ornamental bordering."

Wiktionary
frills

n. (plural of frill English)

WordNet
frills

n. ornamental objects of no great value [syn: falderal, folderol, gimcrackery, gimcracks, nonsense, trumpery]

Usage examples of "frills".

This may be the best opportunity you’ll have to meet the Frills in a diplomatic setting, although I suggest you should be very cautious.

With their serpentine snouts and jutting teeth, the Frills did look as if they could eat anything they wanted—including visiting Starfleet officers.

Reg almost suggested that they close the hatch, because the Frills flashed him unsettling glances.

He noticed that a dozen Frills at the rear had no Elaysian passengers.

The Frills seemed to preen as they spread their delicate wings and curled their flat tails.

Nevertheless, it took some time for all of this loading and tying, and several of the Frills began to writhe anxiously.

As they gained speed, the Frills unfurled their silvery wings, caught the convection currents, and spread out in a curving line soaring downward.

He wondered how the Frills and Elaysians were holding up during this grueling flight.

Some scientists think that the Lipuls and the Frills are the only creatures on Gemworld that are truly native, tracing their lineage back to when it was an ocean world.

The Frills were alive, the crystal was alive, yet Gemworld was dying a death that had been put off for epochs.

The weary procession hung limply in the warm air near the broken tip of the landmark, with throngs of swooping, silvery Frills darting among them excitedly.

The swarming Frills circled the wrapped bodies like sharks, and a few dove at the bundles with open jaws.

With the Jeptah floating and the exuberant Frills swooping about, the atmosphere seemed more like a circus than a funeral.

The other Frills glided away from the center of the proceedings, but they remained on the fringes, slithering back and forth with anticipation.

A few of them waved, and the bridled Frills began to move—very slowly at first—dragging their colorful cargo down to the gathered Elaysians.