Meanings
- pluralplural onlyThings that are artificial.
I’ve sold small wares in the streets, and artificials (artificial flowers), and lace, and penny dolls, and penny boxes (of toys).
1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861
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