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)