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Definition of Furbelows
1. furbelow [v] - See also: furbelow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Furbelows
Literary usage of Furbelows
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Salad for the Social by Frederick Saunders (1856)
"... and furbelows, met a man's view, that, before he had time to guess it was a
woman that he saw, she had passed from his sight; and he only formed a vague ..."
2. Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne: Taken from Original Sources by John Ashton (1882)
"Oh, that's the Fashion, these are furbelows Madam—'tis the prettiest made Coat.
Mrs. Dowdy. furbelows, a murrain take 'em, they spoil all the Zilk. ..."
3. Costume of Colonial Times by Alice Morse Earle (1894)
"furbelows. In the Pleasant Art of Money-Catching (1730) a ... But these furbelows
are not confin'd to scarfs, but they must have furbelow'd gowns and ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"furbelows. Laminaria bulbosa, Lamour.—' This is the largest British species ...
Its common name is furbelows'—Phycologia Britannica, iii. ..."
5. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"furbelows were invented — falbalas— by one Langlee, ... The petticoat was of
coral pink with furbelows of pinked- out silk of the different melon tints. ..."
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