What does misdecorate mean?
Misdecorate means To decorate incorrectly..
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To decorate incorrectly..
“By George that's not a bad idea of yours, Gurney,” said Mr. Rivers, misdecorating the patentee of the invention with a charming naiveté.
Well, not as a rule the shawl-bedecked immigrant you so fondly hoped you were going to help, not the 'harmless and pleasure-loving “flapper,” whom the ladies and society wish “someone could reach,” nor the knot of carefree young men who misdecorate the street corners —oh, no!
Stratfordians were unsure what a “jubilee” was meant to be, and worried whether it might “notify and misdecorate a new Species of Bacchanalian Revelling at Stratford Upon Avon."
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Misdecorate means To decorate incorrectly..
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“By George that's not a bad idea of yours, Gurney,” said Mr. Rivers, misdecorating the patentee of the invention with a charming naiveté.
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