Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To trifle.
- noun A new fancy; a novelty; a fancy.
- noun A large, irregular bundle of straw tied together at intervals, and serving as a torch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To fashion.
- noun Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
fashion ,manufacture ,invent , orcreate . - verb To
trim showily;entangle ;hang about . - verb To
waste time;trifle . - noun obsolete A
prop ; a taking up; a new thing. - noun Something newly
fashioned ; anovelty , a newfancy . - noun A foolish
innovation ; agewgaw ; a triflingornament . - noun A
conceit ;whim .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thats right dave, These kids and their new fangle internet stuff.
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They are just donating online through bundlers (new fangle name for lobbyists).
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They are just donating online through bundlers (new fangle name for lobbyists).
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Hasn't quite gotten used to this new fangle techno-camera stuff.
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On another plus side, ammo is available at most gun shops r Wal-marts, and K-Marts, get a new fangle caliber and you may have a gun on a hunt with no Ammo.
Is the Ruger No. 1 in .325 the right rifle for elk and mule deer? 2006
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The ladye shee was new-fangle, but yett shee was affrayd.
Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series Frank Sidgwick
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She is one, she knows not what her self if you ask her, but she is indeed one that has taken a toy at the fashion of religion, and is enamoured of the new fangle.
Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle
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Dese yer new-fangle 'schools don' l'arn 'em nothin 'ter compare wid it.
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"With all the new fangle-dangles of these days, women voting and all, you're a lucky boy to have found an old-fashioned girl!"
American Cookery November, 1921 Various 1892
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I cannot make head or tail of these far-fetched new-fangle notions you, somehow or other, have fallen in love with -- your James
The Light of Scarthey Egerton Castle 1889
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