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
Virtually the only Fifth Avenue building without even a sprig of festoonery is Saint Patrick's Cathedral.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Flashed upon his delighted eyes the crimson masses of tree foliage, and the festoonery of scarlet creepers.
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
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