frump

The best scholar in her class, she was never called a grind and she was far from being a frump.

We might as well be in a desert island,” continued Vera, “shut up from everything with an old frump.

Miss Waller had a horror of being classed as a frump; instead, she prided herself on being exceedingly modern and up-to-date.

One thing was the same every time; they were never to cross or frump her, any way, but to humour and please her in everything.

The people inside the shop stood up, with their mouths full of cake, and out came an old frump with a terrible hat and a fringe.