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Meanings of frumpish in anglès

Primly out of date.

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        Examples for "dowdy"
        Examples for "dowdy"
        1
        She hadn't yet introduced her guest: a dowdy dishwater-blonde with bad posture.
        The next to die
        2
        They do not dress well; they look altogether somewhat dowdy and commonplace.
        Evergreens
        3
        They live in a dowdy tenement, and are as poor as crows.
        Without a Home
        4
        The dowdy little woman answered her indifferently, staring at her a little.
        The Shuttle
        5
        The tiny Twizy is a faster, sportier interpretation of the dowdy NEV.
        Wired
        1
        A rather frumpy old bachelor, with thinning hair and a thickening neck.
        One Basket
        2
        The frumpy blonde stood by her station wagon, staring back at her.
        The next to die
        3
        She is frumpy enough for anything; and you call that an engagement?
        The Heart of Una Sackville
        4
        The frumpy man before him was a gift from Aziz's newest benefactor.
        Transfer of power
        5
        Opting for the wrong foundation can render a gorgeous dress unflattering and frumpy.
        The Irish Times
        Usage of frumpish in anglès
        1
        Mrs. Flint was a rather frumpish individual, who always gave the impression of pieced-out dressmaking.
        The Blood Red Dawn
        2
        The best people had played frumpish parts then.
        Broken to the Plow / A Novel
        3
        Two well-muscled slaves fanned her with palms, giving her the look of some despotic yet frumpish eastern queen.
        Roma Victrix
        4
        She really looks a little frumpish out-of-doors, and perhaps that is why papa went on to Mrs. Carruthers.
        Red Hair
        5
        It does seem odd and frumpish not to be in Scotland, but motoring covers a multitude of social sins.
        Set in Silver
        6
        They had annihilated that unfair advantage with frumpish clothes, bad posture, chewing gum, and a ghoulish use of cosmetics.
        The Sirens of Titan
        7
        Kitty, fat and fashionable, and Di, slim and elaborately frumpish, came to meet me with pajama legs in their hands.
        Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley
        8
        A woman is frumpish and old-fashioned if she does not know that "adultery with one paramour is nick-named marriage."
        L. Annaeus Seneca on Benefits
        9
        I think they are all most awfully frumpish and stupid, and I can't imagine what makes Joan so fond of them!
        The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911
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        Frumpish through the time