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

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

Police advised schools to be placed in lockdown after reports of a suspected gunman on the loose - only to find it was a boy in fancy dress with a toy gun.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

“We missed the fun of the wedding, you know, it’s a shame to deprive us of all excitement. Hands up for the Manderley fancy dress ball. There you see, de Winter? Carried unanimously.”

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier