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wampum and warpaint
wampum and warpaint n. Australian colloquial Obsolete rare evening dress, finery, or other means of beautifying oneself.
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evening dress1782
evening wear1800
wampum and warpaint1876
formal1941
1876 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xv, in Austral. Town & Country Jrnl. (Sydney) 21 Oct. 662/4 He arrayed himself in the wampum and warpaint proper for such engagements as manufactured by Mr. Poole, of Saville Row.
1898 Evening News (Sydney) 22 Jan. (Suppl.) 3/1 The lady desirous of appearing to the full glory of wampum and warpaint will have to sit motionless for a full minute.
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