frill vs thrift

frill

verb
  • To become wrinkled. 

  • To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back in crimped plaits. 

  • To make into a frill. 

noun
  • A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric. 

  • A wrinkled edge to a film. 

  • A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim. 

  • Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury. 

  • The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one. 

thrift

verb
  • To obtain from a thrift shop. 

noun
  • The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money). 

  • A savings bank. 

  • Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima. 

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