fallals
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[edit]Noun
[edit]fallals pl (plural only)
- (colloquial, dated) ornaments; trinkets; frippery
- 1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, Mens Wives[1], 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.