FRINGE, FRINGED
ADJECTIVES
► THRUMMY-TAILED used contemptuously of women who wear fringed gowns or petticoats → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► FAS a border, fringe → c950 obs.
► FASH a fringe, anything resembling a fringe; the long hair of an animal’s legs → 1558 Eng. dial.
► TARTLES tatters, torn or trailing edges of clothing, tassels, or fringes of ragged or dirty material → c1867
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