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View synonyms for foppery
foppery
[ fop-uh-ree ]
ˈfoppery
/ ˈfɒpərɪ /
noun
- the clothes, affectations, obsessions, etc, of or befitting a fop
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George Washington had a chance to become king and wisely rejected the idea, with all its requisite foppery.
From The Daily Beast
Yet, if one looks closely, under the froth and foppery, some of the charm and perception of the man still shines through.
From Project Gutenberg
Theron looked at his interrogator with a frown of disdain for his foppery.
From Project Gutenberg
They despised wealth just as other nations despise effeminacy and foppery.
From Project Gutenberg
Then follow references to Cæsar's sayings as to his star, and the "common foppery" as to the sun mourning his death a year.
From Project Gutenberg
My master was an elderly beau; and I gave myself no care that he had spent his money—the money of the expedition—on foppery.
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