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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The act or practice of putting on fancy clothes or a costume..
“But since then I’ve remembered what the young gentlemen”—John and Lawrence were still the “young gentlemen” to Dorcas—“call the ‘dressing-up box.’ It’s up in the front attic, sir. A great chest, full of old clothes and fancy dresses, and what not.”
It is a very good idea to have a large box of discarded clothes and brightly coloured pieces of material handy during Christmas for the youngsters to use for "dressing-up."
The dressing-up in corsets, mesh-stockings and frilly aprons which has become a hallmark of Rocky Horror productions quite transformed the tasteful grey atmosphere of the Canberra Theatre[.]
Use dressing-up when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dressing-up means The act or practice of putting on fancy clothes or a costume..
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“But since then I’ve remembered what the young gentlemen”—John and Lawrence were still the “young gentlemen” to Dorcas—“call the ‘dressing-up box.’ It’s up in the front attic, sir. A great chest, full of old clothes and fancy dresses, and what not.”
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