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fancy dress

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fancy dress
n.
A masquerade costume.

fancy dress
Noun
clothing worn for a party at which people dress up to look like a particular animal or character
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fancy dressfancy dress - a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
costume - the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball; "he won the prize for best costume"
disguise - any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity
domino - a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume
false face - a mask worn as part of a masquerade costume
Translations

fancy dress ndisfraz m
fancy dress fancy ndéguisement m, travesti m
fancy dress fancy nVerkleidung f, (Masken)kostüm nt
fancy dress ncostume m (per maschera)

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For the house party had already flung themselves impatiently into fancy dress, and the lawyer, with his neat black suit and red hair, was the only modern figure among them.
In fact he would certainly have done so, had not Ruby unearthed some old pantomime paste jewels she had worn at a fancy dress party as the Queen of Diamonds.
With these magnificent portraits, unworthily confined in a band-box during his seclusion among the market-gardens, he decorates his apartment; and as the Galaxy Gallery of British Beauty wears every variety of fancy dress, plays every variety of musical instrument, fondles every variety of dog, ogles every variety of prospect, and is backed up by every variety of flower-pot and balustrade, the result is very imposing.
 
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