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Furbelow

A corruption of falbala, a word in French, Italian, and Spanish to signify a sort of flounce.

“Flounced and furbelowed from head to foot.” —Addison.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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