The modern frou-frou of satin and gros-de-Naples skirts is nothing to the rustling of brocaded silks.
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Frou-frou
//ˈfɹuːfɹuː//
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[…]the frou-frou of life was lost to her[…]
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She was pretty, charming, and, moreover, a widow. And because of this she at once had at heel any number of Eldorado Kings, officials, and adventuring younger sons, whose ears were yearning for the frou-frou of a woman’s skirts.
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“Now, Watson, the fair sex is your department,” said Holmes, with a smile, when the dwindling frou-frou of skirts had ended in the slam of the front door.
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