Translations for „fripperies“ in the English » German Dictionary

frip·pery [ˈfrɪpəri] N pej

1. frippery no pl:

frippery (decoration)

Tand m veraltend

frippery (knick-knacks)

Kinkerlitzchen pl inf

2. frippery (objects):

fripperies pl

Firlefanz m pej inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The humanities have been treated too often like nugatory fripperies, while science is favoured for its more apparent economic value.

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Now, in a crisis, the democratic appurtenances and fripperies are discarded.

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