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fine-grained
fine leg
fine paper
fine print
fine structure
fine-tooth comb
fine-tune
finely
finery
fines herbes
finespun
finesse
finfish
finfish excluder device
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finery
fin·er·y [ fnəree ]


noun 
Definition:
 
showy clothes: clothing, jewelry, or accessories that are especially dressy and stylish, usually worn on special occasions
[Late 17th century. <fine1, after bravery in the archaic sense "ostentation, show"]
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