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FIL-uhp
noun
a blow or flick resulting from the sudden release of a finger curled against the thumb; something trivial; something of no consequence
1832Newton Forster This was quite an event, and gave a fillip to the inertness of Madame de Fontanges, whose curiosity was excited. 1880The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-YezdiEat, drink, and sport; the rest of life's not worth a fillip, quoth the King; Methinks the saying saith too much: the swine would say the selfsame thing!1902The Puppet CrownMaurice contemplated him serenely. 'Impossible,' with a fillip at the end of his cigar.1968Clutch of ConstablesA handful of nice little facts and a fillip to the imagination.Labels: Captain Frederick Marryat, Harold MacGrath, Ngaio Marsh, Sir Richard Francis Burton
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