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  • 21falbala — (fal ba la) s. m. Large bande d étoffe plissée que les femmes mettent au bas et autour de leurs jupes, DE CAILLIÈRES, 1690 (qui dit que le mot est venu de la cour). •   Son habit d une étoffe antique Sur des falbalas en portique Offrait d… …

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  • 22frill — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trimming, decoration, ornament; ruffle, flounce, furbelow; extra, icing [on the cake] (inf.). See edge. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Anything thought to be unnecessary] Syn. embellishment, luxury, affection …

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  • 23decoration — [n1] beautification, embellishment adornment, beautifying, bedecking, bedizenment, designing, elaboration, enhancement, enrichment, festooning, flounce, flourish, frill, furbelow, garnish, garnishing, illumination, improvement, ornament,… …

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  • 24frip|per|y — «FRIHP uhr ee», noun, plural per|ies. 1. cheap, showy clothes; gaudy ornaments. 2. a cheap, showy article of clothing; gaudy ornament. 3. a showing off; foolish display; pretended refinement: »Affectations of manner and speech are mere frippery.… …

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  • 25fal-lal — noun Etymology: perhaps alteration of falbala furbelow, from French Date: circa 1706 a fancy ornament especially in dress • fallalery noun …

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  • 26The Changes (TV series) — The Changes is a British children s science fiction television serial filmed in 1973 and first broadcast in 1975 by the BBC. It was directed by John Prowse. It is based on the triology written by Peter Dickinson: The Weathermonger (1968),… …

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  • 27Ruffle — In sewing and dressmaking, a ruffle, frill, or furbelow is a strip of fabric, lace or ribbon tightly gathered or pleated on one edge and applied to a garment, bedding, curtain or other textile as a form of trimming. [Caulfield, S.F.A. and B.C.… …

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  • 28List of fashion topics — This is a list of topics related to fashion, many of which do not yet have Wikipedia articles. NOTOC 0 9 1300 1400 in fashion 1500 1550 in fashion 1600 1650 in fashion 1700 1750 in fashion 1795 1820 in fashion 20th century fashion A A line A line …

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  • 29Brad Garrett — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Garrett. Brad Garrett Brad Garrett est un acteur américain né le 14 avril 1960 à Woodland Hills, Los Ang …

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  • 30Russi Taylor — est une actrice américaine née à Cambridge, Massachusetts (États Unis). Elle est depuis 1988 la voix officielle anglophone de Minnie Mouse. Elle est mariée à Wayne Allwine, voix officielle de Mickey Mouse. Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Filmographie …

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