finery
1fine or showy dress, ornaments, etc.
Origin of finery
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Other definitions for finery (2 of 2)
a hearth for converting cast iron into wrought iron; refinery.
Origin of finery
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How to use finery in a sentence
Instead, she met her end defiantly, dressing in her finery and applying kohl to her eyes while awaiting her murderers.
The Bible Created a Blueprint for Vilifying Powerful Women Leaders | Shelley Puhak | March 1, 2022 | TimeMy character navigates through a royal court that she doesn’t belong to, and there’s the threat of violence at every turn amid all this pomp, ceremony and finery—her biggest struggle is just to stay alive.
How Marlon James Is Rewriting the Rules of Fantasy Fiction | Elijah Wolfson | February 15, 2022 | TimeFrances Conroy’s romance novelist is something between Magenta from Rocky Horror and Bridezilla with all the dazzling finery of a Drag Race contestant.
‘American Horror Story: Double Feature’ Gives Us the Glorious Gift of Sarah Paulson’s ‘Tuberculosis Karen’ | Laura Bradley | August 26, 2021 | The Daily BeastCaroline Baudelaire was a good-looking woman who delighted in dressing in her finery when going out at night.
Fifteen men clad in wedding finery, mostly from the Dagestan Republic, were detained.
Russia Cracks Down on North Caucasus Wedding Gunfire | Anna Nemtsova | October 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Burton quickly proved that she has the technical skill and imagination to conjure dramatic runway finery.
Louis Vuitton, Chanel, McQueen Cap Paris Spring 2013 Fashion Week Shows | Robin Givhan | October 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe men, in their coat and tails, and women, in all their finery, are forced to hop and ribbit.
Nancy Reagan was a passionate fashionista in her borrowed finery from Adolfo and Galanos.
There was no finery in her wardrobe, a few neat cotton gowns for summer wear, and homespun for the winter—that was all.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieMost of the farmers wore linen dusters and broad straw hats, but their women had put on all their finery.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThe females of these people were very ragged and dirty, and at the same time loaded with finery.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferThere it appears among the rugged doggrel, a piece of continental finery stitched into the homely Saxon garb.
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian SharmanAnd what with the wedding which mamma always insists upon, and the bridal finery she bestows, the burden is redoubled.
A Fortune Hunter; Or, The Old Stone Corral | John Dunloe Carteret
British Dictionary definitions for finery (1 of 2)
/ (ˈfaɪnərɪ) /
elaborate or showy decoration, esp clothing and jewellery
British Dictionary definitions for finery (2 of 2)
/ (ˈfaɪnərɪ) /
a hearth for converting cast iron into wrought iron
Origin of finery
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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