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cap-a-pie

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cap-a-pie [ˌkæpəˈpiː]
adv
(dressed, armed, etc.) from head to foot
[from Old French]
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Adv.1.cap-a-pie - at all points from head to foot; "he was armed cap-a-pie"
from head to toe
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I could find nothing to say to my pocket-book, before Nicolete, armed cap-a-pie with stick and knapsack, appeared at the door of her chalet.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
When these sounds had ceased, the heralds withdrew from the lists in gay and glittering procession, and none remained within them save the marshals of the field, who, armed cap-a-pie, sat on horseback, motionless as statues, at the opposite ends of the lists.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
Finally the captains came, armored cap-a-pie, and with them some semblance of order and quiet out of chaos and bedlam.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
 
 
 
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