fillagree
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The fillagree box was a fort of night-mare to her.
From The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales by Gatty, Alfred, Mrs.
On the toilette beside, stood an old-fashioned mirror, in a fillagree frame, part of the dispersed finery of the neighbouring castle.
From The Bride of Lammermoor by Scott, Walter, Sir
Well, she amused herself tolerably in spite of the visions of the fillagree box and the queen's hair, which now and then came between her and her usual feeling of self-satisfaction.
From The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales by Gatty, Alfred, Mrs.
She too had a Governess, and many lessons to learn and much to do, and she did them; but neither English history nor French fairy tales could quite drive away the fillagree box.
From The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales by Gatty, Alfred, Mrs.
But the thought of the fillagree box by degrees took possession of her mind and rankled there as before.
From The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales by Gatty, Alfred, Mrs.
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