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dress

Versatile one-piece garment for women, incorporating a bodice and skirt which may be combined in a wide variety of styles. A dress may have long or short sleeves or no sleeves at all; the length can vary from very long to very short; it can be made of any fabric; and designs can be adapted to suit all occasions and all seasons. ‘Dress’ is also a general term for clothing, sometimes indicating formality.



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The meaner sort of people here dress themselves very plain; they only wear drawers, and a thick garment of cotton, that covers the rest of their bodies: the people of quality, especially those that frequent the court, run into the contrary extreme, and ruin themselves with costly habits.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
Turning in my seat I saw a man in evening dress who had just entered the room.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
"My dear Percerin," said D'Artagnan, "you will make a dress for the baron.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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