noun
Etymology
Origin of festoonery
Example Sentences
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Thirteen years later, however, what started as a simple and intuitive way to find music has become a cluttered festoonery of features.
From The New Yorker • May 17, 2016
There are new galleries on Broad Street, and a festoonery of restaurants, bars and boutique bakeries have transformed the once-struggling design district on upper King Street.
From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2010
Since in the past the Viet Cong have very often proved as bad as their word, Saigon last week wore a look of siege amidst the festoonery of Christmas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Virtually the only Fifth Avenue building without even a sprig of festoonery is Saint Patrick's Cathedral.
From Time Magazine Archive
The grey gauze-like festoonery, having a resemblance to ascending smoke, hinders him from perceiving that of the discharged gun.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne
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