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    [Noun]  | "fur*be*low" | \ ˈfər-bə-ˌlō \


    1: a pleated or gathered piece of material; especially : a flounce on women's clothing

    2: something that suggests a furbelow especially in being showy or superfluous


    Origin: 1702 ;

     By folk etymology from French dialect farbella;

    [Noun]  | "furbelows" 


    1: a strip of fabric gathered or pleated on one edge and used as trimming;


      * e.g., " ... she opted for a simple wedding dress that did without all the frills and furbelows "



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    [Noun]  | "furbelow" 


    1: a strip of fabric gathered or pleated on one edge and used as trimming;


      * e.g., " ... she opted for a simple wedding dress that did without all the frills and furbelows "



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