Lexicographical Neighbors of Falbala
Literary usage of Falbala
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Lace by Bury Palliser (1869)
"J'aime le falbala,26 quoiqu'il soit critiqué," says somebody. ... et duced into
England, for Evelyn, in his falbala."—Engraving 0/3693. ..."
2. Introduction to the Science of Language by Archibald Henry Sayce (1880)
"He therefore coined the word falbala on the spot, and immediately asked for one.
... 2 falbala. has been borrowed by most of the European languages under ..."
3. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1878)
"... yawning, embroiders the trimming of a dress; while Ismene, reposing upon a
couch, works at a falbala de Marly (a fashionable piece of dress of the day). ..."
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