A person or device that makes or applies frills; something that creates frills or ruffled effects.
Derived from 'frill' + the agentive suffix '-er' (indicating one who does the action). Created in the 18th-19th centuries when frill-making became a specialized craft in textile manufacturing.
In the Victorian era, professional 'frillers' were highly skilled workers—they operated special machines and hand-techniques to create perfect, symmetrical frills. It's a forgotten profession, but it shows how industrialization created specialized jobs we'd never imagine today.
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