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fancy dress
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fancy dress
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fancy dress
noun
fancy dress
noun
Learner's definition of FANCY DRESS
[
noncount
]
chiefly British
:
special clothes that you wear to a party where people are dressed to look like famous people, characters, etc.
Everyone wore
fancy dress
for the ball.
a
fancy-dress
ball/party [=a costume ball/party]
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