The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word FRIPPERY
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More clues leading to the result FRIPPERY
- Loud murderer with yen for ostentation
- One tearing into extremely fruity trifles?
- Tear into fellow salesman over a bit of youthful showiness
- Infamous Victorian wearing extremely flashy showy trinkets
- Jack’s dressed in extremely fancy but tawdry finery
- Cook keeps mellow with increased pressure to make trifles
- One who tears into flashy, empty ostentation
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The straight part
We know that "ostentation" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case ostentation = frippery.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does FRIPPERY mean?
FRIPPERY noun- Ostentation, as in fancy clothing.
- Useless things; trifles.
- Cast-off clothes.
- The trade or traffic in old clothes.
- The place where old clothes are sold.
- Hence: secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.