Holmes pushed back the frill of black lace which fringed the hand that lay upon our visitor's knee. Five little livid spots, the marks of four fingers and a thumb, were printed upon the white wrist.
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Frill
/fɹɪl/
Synonyms for "frill" (183 found)
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embroideryenfoldexpletiveextraextra added attractionextra dashextravagancefatfeatherbeddingfestoonsfigurefigure of speechfiligreefillingfillipfimbriafimbriationfine writingfineryflection
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1777, Samuel Jackson Pratt (as Courtney Melmoth), Liberal Opinions, upon Animals, Man, and Providence, London: G. Robinson and J. Bew, Volume 5, Chapter 114, p. 163, […] one of her husband Jeffery’s shirts (with frills to the bosom) […]
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His face had fallen in, and was unshorn; his frill and neckcloth hung limp under his bagging waistcoat.
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Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
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