Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a frivolous or showy young woman.

1908		D.H. Lawrence letter 15 May Coll. Letters (1962) I 11: The girl will have a soul she will not be a frippet.
1933		W. Chetham Strode Sometimes Even Now 89: That little tripe-hound! All right. I’ll invite him – and he can bring all his ‘lovelys’ and ‘frippets’ with him.
1945		E. Taylor At Mrs. Lippincote’s 196: ‘Mistress!’ he thought. [...] It was like the swine of a man to use such a word for what he and Edwards would have called a bit of a frippet.
1959		V Master of Badger’s Hall 169: He'll wait a long time, if he hopes to pick up a bit of frippet with a face like that!
1960		W. Sheed Middle Class Education (1961) 50: Did you have a rewarding life experience last night with that rather enticing bit of frippet? [OED].
1971		D. Clark Sick to Death 123: ‘What about Clara Breese?’ [...] ‘Quite a nice bit of frippet. But too young for me. I like a mature woman.’.
2000		Indep. on Sun. Travel 14 May 1: Some snake-hipped little frippet.