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fancy dress party — UK US noun [countable] [singular fancy dress party plural fancy dress parties] british a party where people wear clothes that make them look like a famous person, an animal, a character from a story etc Thesaurus: parties and celebrations … Useful english dictionary
fancy dress party — fancy dress ,party noun count BRITISH a COSTUME PARTY … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Fancy Dress Party — See fancy dress party for a costumed gathering. The Fancy Dress Party was a political party in England. They were formed in 1979 as a frivolous alternative to the mainstream electoral parties, and can be seen as a forerunner of the more prominent … Wikipedia
fancy-dress party — /ˌfænsi drɛs ˈpati/ (say .fansee dres pahtee) noun a party which people attend in fancy dress …
fancy dress — n [U] BrE clothes that you wear, especially to parties, that make you look like a famous person, a character from a story etc ▪ an invitation to a fancy dress party … Dictionary of contemporary English
fancy dress — noun uncount clothes that you wear for fun to make you look like a particular famous person or a particular type of person, at a fancy dress party … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fancy dress — noun (BrE) ⇨ See also ↑costume VERB + FANCY DRESS ▪ don, wear ▪ Several of the managers donned fancy dress for the office party. FANCY DRESS + NOUN ▪ ball, party … Collocations dictionary
fancy dress — N UNCOUNT: oft N n Fancy dress is clothing that you wear for a party at which everyone tries to look like a famous person or a person from a story, from history, or from a particular profession. Guests were told to come in fancy dress... He… … English dictionary
fancy dress — UK / US noun [uncountable] British clothes that you wear for fun to make you look like a particular famous person or a particular type of person, at a fancy dress party Some of the party guests turned up in fancy dress … English dictionary
fancy dress — noun (U) BrE clothes that make you look like a famous person, a character from a story etc: a fancy dress party … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
