disguisement
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One is the Spanish mantilla; that plain black scarf which forms the sweetest disguisement a woman can put on: by its simplicity, and its obvious utility, it claims our approbation at the first glance.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
In spring this picture is transformed—suddenly as by the shifting of a panoramic view; or, as upon the stage, the Harlequin and brilliant Columbine emerge from the sober disguisement of their dominoes.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid
No disguisement of natural form is attempted; and a man's appearance is judged of at its true value.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various
They seem rather like figures on a Greek vase—a man and two women whom no one but myself could distinguish in their disguisement.
From Oxford Lectures on Poetry by Andrew Cecil Bradley
Hardship and neglect had so far altered my appearance that, even had I cared for it, any artificial disguisement was unnecessary.
From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Charles James Lever
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