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- noun Plural form of
frump .
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Examples
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She had heard Joan speak at Cambridge and was eager to secure her adherence, being wishful to surround herself with a group of young and good-looking women who should take the movement out of the hands of the "frumps," as she termed them.
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All the while such a pleasant lunch is going on, the amiable birds make complimentary remarks to one another about their dress -- how very handsome is one's long pointed topknot, what a becoming yellow border another's tail has, and how particularly fine are the coral-red bangles on the wings of a third -- which is much better than if they should pick each other to pieces and talk about 'frumps' under their breath.
Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners Elliott Coues 1870
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He is a decent man and was drummed out of certain forums by a cabal of creepy self-righteous frumps determined to turn Lake Chapala into their version of Yazoo City.
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He is a decent man and was drummed out of certain forums by a cabal of creepy self-righteous frumps determined to turn Lake Chapala into their version of Yazoo City.
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He is a decent man and was drummed out of certain forums by a cabal of creepy self-righteous frumps determined to turn Lake Chapala into their version of Yazoo City.
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He is a decent man and was drummed out of certain forums by a cabal of creepy self-righteous frumps determined to turn Lake Chapala into their version of Yazoo City.
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He is a decent man and was drummed out of certain forums by a cabal of creepy self-righteous frumps determined to turn Lake Chapala into their version of Yazoo City.
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He is a decent man and was drummed out of certain forums by a cabal of creepy self-righteous frumps determined to turn Lake Chapala into their version of Yazoo City.
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Which of either Barney Frank or David Axelrod out frumps the other in a given week.
President-Elect Barack Obama's First Press Conference: Promises To "Act Swiftly" On Economy 2009
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He is a decent man and was drummed out of certain forums by a cabal of creepy self-righteous frumps determined to turn Lake Chapala into their version of Yazoo City.
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