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  • 51edge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Extreme border Nouns 1. edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, curb, margin, limit, boundary, border, skirt, rim, flange, side; mouth, jaws, lip; frame, fringe, flounce, frill, trim[ming], edging, skirting, hem …

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  • 52flounce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. ruffle, trim; prance, bounce. See edge, leap. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. frill, ruffle, furbelow, trimming; see decoration 2 , fringe 2 . v. Syn. fling, jerk, toss, twist, bounce, flop, prance, storm …

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  • 53knickknack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bric a brac, trifle, trinket, gewgaw. See ornament, unimportance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ornament, curio, gewgaw, gimcrack, objet d art (French), conversation piece, bric a brac, curiosity, bibelot,… …

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  • 54ruffle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. gather, shirr, crinkle, corrugate, plait; agitate, ripple, tousle, rumple, disarrange; vex, irritate. See agitation, excitement, disorder, roughness, fold. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flounce, furbelow …

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  • 55Edge — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Edge >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 edge edge verge brink brow brim margin border confine skirt rim flange side mouth Sgm: N 1 jaws …

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  • 56furbelowed — adjective literary adorn with trimmings. → furbelow …

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  • 57furbelows — showy trimmings. → furbelow …

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  • 58flounce — I. v. n. 1. Fling, wince, fly into violent motions (as an animal in a passion). See fling, v. n. 2. Toss about. See flounder. II. n. 1. Jerk, spring …

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  • 59frill — noun 1) a full skirt with a wide frill Syn: ruffle, flounce, ruff, furbelow, jabot, peplum, ruche, ruching, fringe; archaic purfle 2) a comfortable apartment with no frills Syn: ostentation, ornamentation …

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  • 60ornament — 1. noun 1) small tables covered with ornaments Syn: knickknack, trinket, bauble, bibelot, gewgaw, gimcrack, furbelow; informal whatnot, doodad, tchotchke 2) the dress had no ornament at all Syn: decoration …

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