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Definition of Fallals
1. n. pl. Gay ornaments; frippery; gewgaws.
Definition of Fallals
1. Noun. (colloquial dated) ornaments; trinkets; frippery ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fallals
1. fallal [n] - See also: fallal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fallals
Literary usage of Fallals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"Bought a lot of fallals (ornaments for young Ladies of my acquaintance) this
morning at the Bazaar. " The girls here seem to live a very Bazaar existence," ..."
2. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"He found his child's nurse, and his wife, and his wife's mother, busily engaged
with a multiplicity of boxes, with flounces, feathers, fallals, and finery. ..."
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