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costume

[kos-toom, -tyoom, ko-stoom, -styoom] / ˈkɒs tum, -tyum, kɒˈstum, -ˈstyum /


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The meeting house grows progressively more dilapidated, and the costumes get shabbier, indicating that things aren’t going well for the Puritans.

From The Wall Street Journal

Khmer classical dance, performed to traditional music, is renowned for its graceful hand gestures and stunning costumes, and has a 1,000-year history.

From Barron's

Fancy dress has become a theme for attendees, with costumes featuring everyone from Super Mario to the Pope.

From Barron's

He set classical stories in visually believable architectural settings with costumes and props based on archaeological discoveries.

From The Wall Street Journal

But that changed on 2 October, when a confrontation between a protestor dressed in an inflatable frog costume with a blue neck scarf and an immigration officer in Portland, Oregon, went viral.

From BBC