Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Furnished with a frill or frills.
- adjective (Zoöl.) a large Australian lizard (
Chlamydosaurus Kingii ) about three feet long, which has a large, erectile frill on each side of the neck.
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- adjective Having
frills ,frilly - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
frill .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having decorative ruffles or frills
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Examples
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She sat now on a little stool that she had made for herself of empty tomato cans, covered with gaily flowered cretonne, and drawing back the muslin frilled curtains, looked wearily over the fields.
The Second Chance 1910
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One of his wooden-made yankee clocks is here – its case displaying "a most elegant picture" of Cupid, in frilled trowsers and morocco boots, the American prototype of the little god not being allowed to appear so scantily clad as he is generally represented.
Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick, North America Frederick 1845
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We allude to the lizard with a frill round its neck, which has been universally likened to that worn by Queen Elizabeth: it is called the frilled agama.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
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I split some of the wood very fine and 'frilled' a few of the little sticks with my knife.
Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1918
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For the first time, teacher Kevin Stinnette thought, his students could do hands-on lessons with cold-water species such as frilled anemones and Acadia hermit crabs.
Delusional Duck 2009
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For the first time, teacher Kevin Stinnette thought, his students could do hands-on lessons with cold-water species such as frilled anemones and Acadia hermit crabs.
Delusional Duck 2009
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For the first time, teacher Kevin Stinnette thought, his students could do hands-on lessons with cold-water species such as frilled anemones and Acadia hermit crabs.
Delusional Duck 2009
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For the first time, teacher Kevin Stinnette thought, his students could do hands-on lessons with cold-water species such as frilled anemones and Acadia hermit crabs.
Delusional Duck 2009
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For the first time, teacher Kevin Stinnette thought, his students could do hands-on lessons with cold-water species such as frilled anemones and Acadia hermit crabs.
Delusional Duck 2009
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For the first time, teacher Kevin Stinnette thought, his students could do hands-on lessons with cold-water species such as frilled anemones and Acadia hermit crabs.
Delusional Duck 2009
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