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tr.v. gus·sied, gus·sy·ing, gus·sies Slang

To dress or decorate elaborately; adorn or embellish: gussied herself up in sequins and feathers.

[Perhaps from Australian slang gussie, an effeminate man, from Gussie, diminutive of the personal name Augustus.]

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gussy			The bar was known as the Snake Pit and in the traditions of the time included the men's side where various volunteers spent the day with their table of moulting draft beers and the woman's side where you gussied up on Friday night and got drunk, had a fight over a woman or some imagined slight, laughed and sang country and western songs. Of Derek and Roy and all things considered by Atkins, Michael / Northern Ontario Business Byline: Debbie LaPlaca CHARLTON - The town-owned Fay Mountain Farm, abandoned and barren for nearly three years, has been gussied up for three suitors, the first of which is coming to court Wednesday. Fay Mountain hopes flourish for restoration; 3 bidders seek to ... by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) In the interest of truth in journalism, it's essential to point out that the HP Vivienne Tam Special Edition notebook is actually the HP Mini 1000 netbook, gussied up in a lovely red design. Cool Tools by Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)			Gurkhali Gurl Gurlet Gurmukhi Gurmy gurn gurnard gurney Gurniad gurrier gurry Gurt Gurts guru Guru Granth Guru Nanak Guryev gush gusher gushing gushingly gushy gusset gusset plate gusseted gussied gussy gussy up gust Gustable Gustard gustation gustative gustatorial gustatory gustatory cell gustatory modality gustatory organ gustatory perception gustatory sensation Gustav Hertz Gustav Klimt Gustav Ludwig Hertz Gustav Mahler Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Gustav Theodor Fechner Gustave Courbet Gustave Flaubert Gustavo A. Madero Gustavus Gustavus Adolphus			Gusinoozersk Gusinoozersk Hollow Gusinoozyorsk Gusku Gusla Guslar Gusle Gusli Gusliev Gusliyev Gusman Center for the Performing Arts Gusmão, Xanana Alexandre GUSNA GUSO GUSOM GUSP GUSRC GUSS GUSSE gusset gusset gusset plate gusset plate Gusset plates Gusset plates Gusset plates gusseted gusseted gussets gussets gussied gussied up gussies Gussoh Imagesystem gussy gussy gussy up gussy up gussying gust gust gust gust Gust Front Detection Algorithm gust load Gust Load Alleviation Gust Meter GUST Restatement GUST Restatements gust tunnel gust-gradient distance Gust-Load Alleviation System Gustable Gustaf Adolf Gustaf Adolf Gustaf Adolf Gustaf Adolfsdagen Gustaf af Geijerstam Gustaf Dalén Gustaf Ericssons Automobilfabrik Gustaf Froding

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