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  • n  a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

  • They were going to bare their shoulders, drape themselves in extravagant yards of rich cloth and go out on the town festooned with about every feminine furbelow short of a bone .
  • The fanciful project is Caracas' newest pride; thousands of cars bear spiral helicoid decals in tribute to the latest furbelow on an already spectacular skyline.
  • In dress, the stress is on flair and fabric, not feather and furbelow.

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