folde-rol

English

Noun

folde-rol (plural folde-rols)

1. (rare) Alternative form of fol-de-rol
   • 1870, Josh Billings, Josh Billings, His Book of Sayings, page 29:

     A quizzical Jenkins lately described the dress of a New York belle, by stating that “she wore an exquisite hyphaluten on her head, while her train was composed of transparent folde-rol, and her petticoat of crambambuli flounced with Brussels three-ply of A No. 1.”

   • 1902, Josephine Spenser, A Corner in Chrysanthemums:

     You know about as well's I do, Ellen, whether we've got ground to plant up with folde-rols.

   • 1939, United States Congres. Hous. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on District of Columbia Appropriations, District of Columbia Appropriation Bill for 1940:

     Mr. Collins, I think we need teachers worse than a lot of this other folde-rol in the city.