Lexicographical Neighbors of Frumping
Literary usage of Frumping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"... s. a contemptuous name for an old woman, especially one who affects youthful
airs. MACCLESFIELD. frumping, part, gossiping; spreading scandalous tales. ..."
2. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert ed Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt (1875)
"As for these frumping gallants, let them do their worst. It is not in man's power
to hurt me. 'Tis well known I come not to be scoffed. ..."
3. Nero & Other Plays by Henry Porter, John Day, Herbert Percy Horne, Nathan Field (1888)
"As for these frumping gallants, let them do their worst. It is not in man's power
to hurt me. 'Tis well known I come not to be scoffed. ..."
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