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   furbelow

   /ˈfəːbɪləʊ/

   noun

   • 1. a gathered strip or pleated border of a skirt or petticoat.
   • ▪ showy ornaments or trimmings: "frills and furbelows just made her look stupid"

   verb

   • 1. adorn with trimmings: literary "trains of daughters, furbelowed and flounced by the same dressmakers"

   Word Origin late 17th century: from French falbala ‘trimming, flounce’, of unknown ultimate origin.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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