Frail

Definitions

1. A girl.
   dated, slang
2. A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.
3. Synonym of farasola (“old unit of weight”).
4. Synonym of flail.
   England, dialectal, obsolete
5. The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.
6. A rush for weaving baskets.

Equivalents

Examples

“She was the roughest, toughest frail, but Minnie had a heart as big as a whale.”

“There were five people in the Quirinal bar after dinner, a high-class Italian frail who sat on a stool making persistent conversation against the bartender's bored: “Si … Si … Si,” a light⟳, snobbish Egyptian who was lonely but chary of the woman, and the two Americans.”

“‘She's pickin' 'em tonight, right on the nose,’ he said. ‘That tall black-headed frail.’”

“Sullivan, the girl and the butler get⟳ to the ground. The girl wears a turtle-neck sweater, a cap slightly sideways, a torn coat, turned-up pants and sneakers. SULLIVAN Why don't you go back with the car... You look⟳ about as much like⟳ a boy as Mae West. THE GIRL All right, they'll think⟳ I'm your frail.”

“The scythe, the sickle and the flail (or "frail", is it is invariably called) - these should surely be incorporated in the county arms, for on their use⟳ much of the prosperity of Essex has always rested until now.”

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