Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Frippery \Frip"per*y\, n. [F. friperie, fr. fruper. See
   {Fripper}.]
   1. Coast-off clothes. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

   2. Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration;
      affected elegance.

            Fond of gauze and French frippery.    --Goldsmith.

            The gauzy frippery of a French translation. --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   3. A place where old clothes are sold. --Shak.

   4. The trade or traffic in old clothes.

Frippery \Frip"per*y\, a.
   Trifling; contemptible.

Source : WordNet®

frippery
     n : something of little value or significance [syn: {bagatelle},
          {fluff}, {frivolity}]