Talk:frump
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Equinox in topic Slight change in meaning over time?
Slight change in meaning over time?
[edit]John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) has frump as "a slatternly woman, a gossip. In modern slang it is the feminine of fogey, and means a prim old lady, who is generally termed a regular old frump." Equinox ◑ 12:43, 4 January 2021 (UTC)