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Frump   Listen
noun
Frump  n.  
1.
A contemptuous speech or piece of conduct; a gibe or flout. (Obs.)
2.
A cross, old-fashioned person; esp., an old woman; a gossip. (Colloq.)





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"Frump" Quotes from Famous Books



... comparison with a bright, well-dressed wife, he sees what an "old frump" his mother is. She is shabby and old-fashioned, clinging to obsolete forms of speech, hysterical and emotional. When the mists of love have cleared from her boy's eyes, she may just as well give up, because there is no return, save in that other mist ...
— Threads of Grey and Gold • Myrtle Reed


Words linked to "Frump" :   frumpy, disagreeable woman


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