Furbelows [noun]
Definition of Furbelows:
trinket; decorative piece
Synonyms of Furbelows:
● Curio
● Ornament
● Bauble
● Souvenir
● Trifle
● Toy
● Thingamajig
● Frill
● Gadget
● Novelty
● Embellishment
● Whimsy
● Miniature
● Showpiece
● Bagatelle
● Curiosity
● Device
● Notion
● Plaything
● Bibelot
● Bric-a-brac
● Whatnot
● Trapping
● Flummery
● Conversation piece
Opposite/Antonyms of Furbelows:
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Sentence/Example of Furbelows:
How ridiculous that one should suffer from want of a frill or a furbelow!
I invited that furbelow widow to stay on purpose to spare me this almost tte--tte meeting.
It was a hull week afore I could make up my mind to go out of my office, and the sight of a furbelow raly made me sick.
I'll tear the furbelow off your clothes, and when you swoon for vexation, you shan't have a penny, to buy a bottle of hartshorn.
Her sex was the very essence of her; she had no need to wear it like a furbelow.
I swore I hadn't four marks a year, and I've my fellowship for telling the furbelow.
There was not a flower or ruche or frill or furbelow or bow about her dress of which he did not make a mental inventory.
And, if it were a mere fal-lal, a furbelow of larval coquetry, even that would not surprise me.
A furbelow of precious stones, a hat buttoned with a diamond, a brocade waistcoat or petticoat, are standing topics.
Then why, in the name of common sense, did you gaze so earnestly at the furbelow lady herself?