frillies

Meanings

nounfrillies pl (plural only)

informalpluralplural onlyfrilly clothing
The older girls rode in a long habit. Helen's legs and mine were too young to be considered improper by Mrs. Crane. So our frillies flapped joyously.
1942, Emily Carr, “Mrs. Crane”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC

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