Broadwaybelter
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Furbiloes?I was just cast as Bet in Oliver at CLOSB and came across the word "furbiloes" in the song "I'd do anything". I know that furbiloes are some kind of decoration or frill on clothing, but if anyone could be more specific that would be wonderful.
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Mr. Dawkins
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Re: Furbiloes? | Broadwaybelter wrote: | | I was just cast as Bet in Oliver at CLOSB and came across the word "furbiloes" in the song "I'd do anything". I know that furbiloes are some kind of decoration or frill on clothing, but if anyone could be more specific that would be wonderful. |
Where does it say it post what part of song.
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MsDivaKate
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Re: Furbiloes? | Mr. Dawkins wrote: | | Broadwaybelter wrote: | | I was just cast as Bet in Oliver at CLOSB and came across the word "furbiloes" in the song "I'd do anything". I know that furbiloes are some kind of decoration or frill on clothing, but if anyone could be more specific that would be wonderful. |
Where does it say it post what part of song. |
The correct spelling of that word is "furbelows" and I believe she is referring to "Its A Fine Life" and just mistakenly wrote "I'd Do Anything".
Bet sings:
"No flounces, no feathers. No frills and furbelows. All winds and all weathers ain't good for fancy clothes."
Dictionary.com can be a great resource for word defitions. I went there to double check what I thought the definition was and I was right.
This is directly from dictionary.com:
fur·be·low (n.)
A ruffle or flounce on a garment.
A piece of showy ornamentation.
tr.v. fur·be·lowed, fur·be·low·ing, fur·be·lows
To decorate with a ruffle or flounce.
[Probably alteration of Provençal farbello, farbella, fringe, perhaps alteration of Italian faldella, pleat, diminutive of falda, flap, loose end, of Germanic origin. ]
So there really is no further description other then what broadwaybelter had thought. A furbelow is a ruffle or a decoration of some sort on a garment, but it appears to be a broad term referring to any clothing ornamentation.
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theatre_grl
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i was really confused about that too and the word wasnt in my dictionary!MsDivaKate, thnx for being smart enough to look on dictionary.com
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Aimee
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I'm just wondering if itcoms from the litteral words fur and below?
interesting.....
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Broadwaybelter
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Thanks so much, i guess i took the phonetic spelling from the score, and i looked on dictionary.com with the wrong spelling. Thanks for all your help!
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MsDivaKate
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| Broadwaybelter wrote: | | Thanks so much, i guess i took the phonetic spelling from the score, and i looked on dictionary.com with the wrong spelling. Thanks for all your help! |
No problem love! Smart girl for checking dictionary.com though, even with the wrong spelling. Its more then some people would have. So props to you! 
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theatre_grl
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while we're on the subject of words we dont know, anyone understand "plummy and slam!"?
wait! ill go check dictionary.com  ...
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