fancy dress
Example Sentences
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Helmets are obligatory for those being carried - fancy dress is expected.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
Brazilian police have disguised themselves using fancy dress to blend in as Carnival-goers to target phone thieves in Rio de Janeiro.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
James lost his life after going to watch cricket in fancy dress, when England played a Test match at Trent Bridge in July 2011.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026
New Year's Day is traditionally the day when brave swimmers don their fancy dress for the Loony Dook - a hangover-clearing dip in the bracing waters of the Firth of Forth.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
I never asked, I never knew, how much he hated the last fancy dress ball ever given at Manderley.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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