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clotheshorse

noun as in fashion plate

noun as in fop

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“He responds well to men’s clothing in particular. Marty is a clotheshorse himself.”

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As flattering as that pale purple may be on her, she’s much happier to let her guests’ ensembles, especially noted clotheshorse Kim, in a sweeping chiffon skirt and little white gloves, provide the fashion credentials.

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Clare’s interactions with the women in her life are playful and sympathetic even as she discovers that her ethics separate her from these clotheshorses.

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As a clotheshorse, he had certain natural advantages, of course.

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I used to be something of a casual clotheshorse, an obsessive buyer of T-shirts, baseball caps, socks and Adidas sneakers.

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