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Meanings of frilled in English

Having decorative ruffles or frills.

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        Usage of frilled in English
        1
        Stale brownies with German-chocolate frosting, in individual frilled cups like Pilgrims' bonnets.
        The Girls
        2
        An old folding-chair had been painted green, and supplied with frilled cushions.
        The Fortunes of the Farrells
        3
        How pretty the white frilled curtains would be in the porch room!
        The Other Girls
        4
        His collection featured frilled jackets, flowery dresses, satin skirts and hot pants.
        Reuters
        5
        The assumption of a large and flashy pin stood in his frilled shirt-bosom.
        Tales of the Chesapeake
        6
        The little invalid peered curiously out of the frilled white cap she wore.
        Susan / A Story for Children
        7
        Mrs. Libby in a much-frilled night-dress was shaking my shoulder vigorously.
        A Village Ophelia and Other Stories
        8
        She had also her little rocking-chair and footstool frilled and cushioned with it.
        Madelon: A Novel
        9
        Pill, in a frilled nightcap of gigantic size, was thrust out.
        The Secret Passage
        10
        Put on that handsome frilled shirt and your green coat of Elbeuf cloth.
        An Old Maid
        11
        The frilled curtains behind us smelled of laundry detergent and Downy.
        Bare Bones
        12
        The frilled cuffs softened her hands, turning them slim and elegant.
        The Golem and the Jinni
        13
        High old sport French style, frilled bosom-open-handed, and us'ter buck ag'in' faro awful!
        A Sappho of Green Springs
        14
        She told Louise about the ranch and the linen frocks and the frilled aprons.
        The Trumpeter Swan
        15
        Benjamin opened the bag, and tremblingly took out the frilled night-dress and the cigars.
        Stories by English Authors: England
        16
        Its ribbon bows were fresh and smart; its lace was snow-white and neatly frilled.
        The Poor Little Rich Girl
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