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dress-up|ˈdrɛsʌp|
[f. dress v. 7 d.]
The act of dressing up, esp. in one's best clothes; an occasion, gathering, etc., which demands formal dress. Also attrib. or as adj.
1865A. D. T. Whitney Gayworthys II. vii. 132 ‘Will you go to meeting, Gershom?’ Joanna asked him... ‘I guess not,..the dress-up takes down the devotion, rather, for me.’ 1878Mrs. Stowe Poganuc People 52 As to that little dress-up affair over there,..I don't think any real harm has been done. 1887‘Pansy’ Little Fishers iii, They are dress-up clothes. 1909G. B. Shaw Press Cuttings 20 Arf of it's only ousemaidin; and tother arf is dress-up and make-believe. 1954E. Pangborn Mirror for Observers (1955) ii. v. 141 It's always trousers nowadays except for evening dress-up, unfortunate for fat girls. 1965New Society 8 July 12/2 The dress-up dinner party is nearly dead. |