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Meanings of fancy dress costume in English

Spanish
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Clothing representing a specific period or place, or an historical or fictional character, worn for a masquerade, fancy dress ball, costume party or parade.

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Examples for "costume"
Examples for "costume"
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Some believe Gwyneth Paltrow absolutely nailed it with her costume this year.
The South African
2
You never know what can find its way onto a good costume.
Wired
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Meanwhile, the costume department has been producing medical scrubs for health workers.
BBC
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The cold necessitated a change of costume, and a change of plan.
The Hellbound Heart
5
The costume is made of glossy sateen; the sandals of canton flannel.
Games for All Occasions
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Jake looks at the beautiful tall girl in her carnival costume.
Carnival
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Kingsley resembles a grotesque and funny carnival costume.
The Guardian
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The girl wore a carnival costume.
The Goose Man
4
Oh, it's Josephine and Jane in their carnival costumes, and here's Eleanor at the wicket.
Judy of York Hill
5
Despite the crisis scenario Frankfurt's burse traders followed a long tradition to wear carnival costumes at Germany's carnival Tuesday.
Reuters
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Don't you know it's agen the law of New York to parade the streets in a masquerade costume?
King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays
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To conceal that masquerade costume.
The Door Into Summer
3
He wore a kilt as a masquerade costume for a Hallowe'en dance, and when it rained he put on a raincoat.
Nonsense Novels
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People hire houses as they would a masquerade costume, liking, sometimes, to appear for a year in a little fictitious stone-front splendor above their means.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1
5
There were tawdry masquerade costumes, too, and theatrical make-up.
Half a Rogue
Usage of fancy dress costume in English
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What would be your fancy dress costume of choice?
The Guardian
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What is your fancy dress costume of choice?
The Guardian
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The role of the big-name architect would be confined to supplying the fancy dress costume alone.
The Guardian
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Great fancy dress costume.
The South African
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The product details stated: Every one will be running away from you in fear in this mental patient fancy dress costume.
The Guardian
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Supermarket chain Asda has apologised and withdrawn a Halloween outfit it was selling online as a "mental patient fancy dress costume" after criticism.
BBC
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Asda has apologised and agreed to make a payment to charity after it marketed a Halloween outfit as a "mental patient fancy dress costume".
The Guardian
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The centre of Tel Aviv was crowded with schoolchildren in fancy dress costumes.
The Irish Times
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The festival is pirate themed and there will be prizes for the best fancy dress costumes.
The Irish Times
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In a statement the company said: We are deeply sorry one of our fancy dress costumes has upset people.
The Guardian
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A woman was arrested for disorderly behaviour as children in fancy dress costumes walked with parents to the school before 9 a.m.
The Irish Times
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In desperation, the four remaining jihadists head for London and infiltrate the annual marathon, concealing their suicide bombs under fancy dress costumes.
The Guardian
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It's Friday afternoon before the midterm break at St Joseph's School in Coolock, Dublin, and the pupils are sporting their fancy dress costumes.
The Irish Times
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The biggest event was at Dublin's Forty Foot bathing area near Dun Laoighre where dippers donned fancy dress costumes before plunging into the sea.
The Irish Times
Translations for fancy dress costume
Spanish
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