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OP In an e-mail message from a vicar-chum in the Mother Country, she asked what vestments I wore to conduct a funeral (the Burial Office) on Thursday last. I responded and her response was that, back in Blighty, they do not bother with such frippery.
I thought frippery referred to foolishness, nonsense, things that are a waste of time. But mayhaps there is a closer connection to vesture.
I note that Shanks (where IS Shanks?) and FishonaBike (where IS FishonaBike) both used this term back in 2000 on this Board. They being Anglic, it must be an Anglicism. Mustn't it?
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