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  • Not because it is frou-frou and high-falutin, but because it represents Big Corporatism.

    Matthew Yglesias » McDonald’s Or Starbucks 2009

  • Not because it is frou-frou and high-falutin, but because it represents Big Corporatism.

    Matthew Yglesias » McDonald’s Or Starbucks 2009

  • Hair: The women's Mexican style that is most typical, even into middle age and beyond, and which is strikingly good looking, is pulled straight back in a pony tail at the neck, with some sort of frou frou thingie for special occasions.

    Page 2 2009

  • Her designs were not startling and utterly different like Poiret, but she honed in on what women craved in their attire and produced romantic, sensual gowns and lingerie full of the frou-frou, silks and lace so popular during the Edwardian era.

    The IT Girl: Lady Duff Gordon | Edwardian Promenade 2009

  • Hair: The women's Mexican style that is most typical, even into middle age and beyond, and which is strikingly good looking, is pulled straight back in a pony tail at the neck, with some sort of frou frou thingie for special occasions.

    Page 2 2009

  • (Go ahead and laugh, but I like the frou-frou drinks!)

    What Do You Want to Be Free to Choose?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • And because of this she at once had at heel any number of Eldorado Kings, officials, and adventuring younger sons, whose ears were yearning for the frou-frou of a woman's skirts.

    THE GREAT INTERROGATION 2010

  • Lillian Roth appears as a maid in this early musical, and her charming, vaudeville-style numbers are the only redeeming quality in this frou-frou trifle from director Ernst Lubitch.

    Weekly Mishmash: January 25-31 : Scrubbles.net 2009

  • Gretchen is a little concerned because this is so simple compared to her usual frou frou earthycrunchiness.

    Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway Episode 10, "There's A Pattern Here" Holly Cara Price 2010

  • Hair: The women's Mexican style that is most typical, even into middle age and beyond, and which is strikingly good looking, is pulled straight back in a pony tail at the neck, with some sort of frou frou thingie for special occasions.

    Page 2 2009

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