fallals

English

Noun

fallals pl (plural only)

  1. (colloquial, dated) ornaments; trinkets; frippery
    • 1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, Mens Wives‎, HTML edition, University of Adelaide, published 2006, archived from the original on 8 April 2012:
      … her ornaments were the biggest; her hats, toques, berets, marabouts, and other fallals, always the most conspicuous.
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