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- noun Plural form of
purfling .
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For that virtue, [69] which was erst in the minds of the women of times past, those of our day have diverted to the adornment of the body, and she on whose back are to be seen the most motley garments and the most gaudily laced and garded and garnished with the greatest plenty of fringes and purflings and broidery deemeth herself worthy to be held of far more account than her fellows and to be honoured above them, considering not that, were it a question of who should load her back and shoulders with bravery, an ass would carry much more thereof than any of them nor would therefore be honoured for more than an ass.
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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Black/white purflings (top/back/side) 15.9 "Scale Length
Mandolin Cafe News 2010
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