frou-frou

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  1. A rustling, particularly the rustling of silk, as in a woman's dress: as, the silken frou-frou of her movements. [This term has become familiarized to some extent in English from the translation of a popular French play so named.] The shine of jewels, the frou-frou of silks, the odor of roses, … the details one and all of the pretty picture which the hardened theater-goer fails to see because of its familiarity. Mail and Express (New York), Dec. 26, 1888.

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  • + Forget your frou-frou letterpress name card whatnot etc. —  NOGOODFORME.COM
  • Since this is to be a simple soap, I used lard, not any frou-frou oils like palm or coconut or olive. —  Lake Neuron
  • Then the frou-frou of light silken draperies passed over the soft carpet. —  The Dop Doctor
  • The soft "frou-frou" of the dry grass beneath him sounded to his excited fancy like the sudden rushing of a torrent. —  Queensland Cousins
  • There was a frou-frou of skirts in the hall. —  Sowing Seeds in Danny
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  1. French, intended as an imitation of adjective rustling sound.
 

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