frippet

[frip-it]

frip·pet

[frip-it]
noun British Slang.
a pretty, frivolous young woman.

Origin:
1905–10; perhaps fripp(ery) + -et
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Frippet is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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frippet (ˈfrɪpɪt)
 
n
old-fashioned, informal (Brit) a frivolous or flamboyant young woman

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