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false front

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false front
1. A front wall which extends beyond the sidewalls of a building to create a more imposing façade.
2. A front wall that extends above the roof of a building; a flying façade.


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fine girls of sixteen and seventeen) had grey beaver hats, then in fashion, shaded with ostrich plumes, and from under the brim of this graceful head-dress fell a profusion of light tresses, elaborately curled; the elder lady was enveloped in a costly velvet shawl, trimmed with ermine, and she wore a false front of French curls.
 
 
 
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