Champagne tickles and you get a thrill and the frill is short lived, but a fine wine?. From Wordnik.com. [On Big Ones That Get Away] Reference
A short term frill, usually a mistake - a drunken one in some cases, and best forgotten till the next. From Wordnik.com. [NAACHGAANA] Reference
Drama Club is not a "frill," it's part of a well-rounded education. From Wordnik.com. [Please donate to Shorewood High School Drama] Reference
Pictured: The sleeveless floral "frill" dress for Spring 2011 by DKNY. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Hall: New York Fashion Week DKNY Spring 2011 Collection: Big Apple of My Eye] Reference
Shining heads came peeping out, in frill and cap. From Wordnik.com. [Flower Stories] Reference
But that doesn't mean science was a "frill" I could do without. From Wordnik.com. [Reassigned Time] Reference
Preserving the Senator is a "frill" and not worthy of public funds. From Wordnik.com. [Blog updates] Reference
The Boatwright house is painted an aggressively Pepto-Bismol pink, in precisely the kind of frill. From Wordnik.com. [FlickFilosopher.com] Reference
Leaving the definition of "frill" to others puts us at grave risk of losing control over our very purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Inside Higher Ed] Reference
It is huge, almost six feet across its bony frill. From Wordnik.com. [The Saurians' Revenge] Reference
He smooths his frill, and gently arranges a drop curl. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
A white scalloped frill was bobbypinned to Tessa's head. From Wordnik.com. [’] Reference
The mince should not be so thin as to wash away the frill. From Wordnik.com. [My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec] Reference
His dress consists of a high-crowned hat, and a pendent frill. From Wordnik.com. [Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt.] Reference
The collection also featured short ruffled skirts, "full of frill.". From Wordnik.com. [Mary Hall: New York Fashion Week DKNY Spring 2011 Collection: Big Apple of My Eye] Reference
For the occasion, she'd worn purple chiffon panties with a lace frill. From Wordnik.com. [Beautiful Ape Girl Baby] Reference
With 'broider'd coat and lace-frill'd throat, and jewels rich and rare. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference
For small businesses, a private plane is more than just a fat-cat frill. From Wordnik.com. [A Plane Of One's Own] Reference
Mildred straightened out the frill of a muslin cushion cover, her head bent. From Wordnik.com. [The Invader A Novel] Reference
She wore a round cap with a goffered frill and strings which tied under her chin. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
Meanwhile, across the convention hall at the CES, Sirius previewed another frill. From Wordnik.com. [GREETINGS, EARTHLINGS] Reference
He has on a cap, the upper part of which hangs over, and a frill surrounds the neck. From Wordnik.com. [Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt.] Reference
Yet music education is often the first "" frill '' to be cut when school budgets shrink. From Wordnik.com. [Why Do Schools Flunk Biology?] Reference
But it's fashion that fulfills a masculine ideal rather than a feminine one: function over frill. From Wordnik.com. [Authentic Americana] Reference
She wore no ornaments, but a white rose was fastened into the lace frill of her dress at her neck. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
The sham was hemmed after the darning was finished, and a frill of darned-net edging was then added. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Modern Lace Making] Reference
As the animal aged, its horns changed shape and orientation and its frill became longer, thinner and less jagged. From Wordnik.com. [Triceratops Was Juvenile Form Of Another Species Of Dinosaur, Scientists Say] Reference
The Persian cat of very great value is all black, with a very fluffy frill, or lord mayor's chain, and orange eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others] Reference
Each John had a frill to his name so dat folks could keep dem straight in deir minds whenever dey would speak of dem. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4] Reference
The two girls had slipped away to Constance's pretty blue and white bedroom to repair a torn frill of Marjorie's gown. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore] Reference
Nurse, surreptitiously grasping a frill of the child's muslin frock, wept, silent and remorseful, as she walked alongside. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
In a long-haired cat this includes the "lord mayor's chain," or frill, the tail, and, most important of all, the ear-tufts. From Wordnik.com. [Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others] Reference
Afterwards I saw in another inner courtyard a large, heavy-browed brute adorned with a bright red frill and securely chained. From Wordnik.com. [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference
Drain on soft paper, then insert a short piece of macaroni in the pointed end of each fillet and cover this with a paper frill. From Wordnik.com. [365 Luncheon Dishes A Luncheon Dish for Every Day in the Year] Reference
So she asked a robin who had paused to rest near her if he wouldn't try to find her a nice white frill some time when he was flying. From Wordnik.com. [Tabitha at Ivy Hall] Reference
The look becomes decidedly more girlie when a thick frill is added to the bottom of the tight skirts, providing a swirl of soft motion. From Wordnik.com. [Prada Spring/Summer 2011 Is BANANAS (PHOTOS, POLL)] Reference
Osman Mekki Khartoum, SudanNo-frill Flights "Low cost, long hop" (Jan. 29) gives an insight into the much-talked-about no-frill flights. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Prospects of War] Reference
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