Reverse Dictionary: DRESS

ADJECTIVES
► ACCOUTRED dressed, attired, arrayed → 1596
► ADDRESSED dressed, arrayed, attired, trimmed → 1393 arch.
► ALL DOLLED UP LIKE A BARBER’S CAT dressed in the height of fashion → M19 Can. sl.
► ALL FLOSSIED OUT of a woman: dressed to the nines → 1969 Amer. dial.
► ALL FUSS AND FEATHERS dressed in one’s good clothes; said of a woman → c1960 Amer. dial.
► ALL GRANDIED UP sloppily dressed →1966 Amer. dial. 
► ALL LAIRED UP flashily dressed → 1945 Aust. sl.
► ALL QUEANED UP carefully dressed (not necessarily effeminately)  c1920 Aust. sl.
► ALL SHARPED UP dressed up; looking sharp → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► ALL SILK AND FEATHERS dressed in one’s good clothes; said of a woman → 1965 Amer. dial.
► ALL STANDING fully dressed → 1840 Amer. dial.
► ALL STARCH AND FEATHERS dressed in one’s good clothes; said of a woman → 1965 Amer. dial.
► ALL THERE AND A HA’PORTH OVER well-dressed, fashionable → M19 sl.
► ALL TRIGGERED OUT dressed up ostentatiously → 1953 Amer. dial. 
► ASSORTED dressed up, overdressed → 1894 Sc.
► BAD-BOY well-dressed, attractive → 1980s African-American sl.
► BAITED FOR WIDOW dressed to catch the attention of widows or other women → 1960 Amer. dial.
► BANG TO BYRITES dressed in poor taste or in cheap clothing; said of a male → 2007 UK sl. (Bk.)
► BANG-UP well-dressed, quite up to the mark → 1834 Eng. dial.
► BEDIZENED dressed up with vulgar finery → 1707
► BEFANGLED smartly dressed → 19C Eng. dial.
► BEHOUNCED finely dressed, tricked up, smartened → 1691 Eng. dial.
► BIBBED ► BIBBED UP dressed up, decked out → 1876 Eng. dial.
► BINKIE trimly-dressed, smart → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOBBY smartly dressed → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BOUND dressed, attired → c1175 obs.
► BRANKIE ► BRANKY finely dressed, showy, gaudy → 1790 Sc. obs.
► BRAW gaily dressed; handsome → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BUGGED UP dressed up → 1893 Amer. dial. obs.
► BUGGED UP TO KILL dressed up → 1893 Amer. dial. obs.
► BUSKED dressed up, clothed, attired; adorned, embellished → c1450
► CABBA-CABBA badly dressed, rough, vulgar → 1990s W. Indies
► CADDY well-dressed, stylish; sharp, fashionable → 1966 Amer. sl. 
► CANDIDATE dressed in white → 1616 poetic usage, obs.
► CATTY well-dressed, stylish → 1918 Amer. dial.
► CHOKED DOWN well-dressed → 1980 US sl.
► CHROME-PLATED dressed up in one’s best or new clothes → 1972 US homosexual sl.
► CLASSIC well-dressed, handsome → 1998 US sl.
► CLEAN dressed up, well-dressed → 1967 African-American
► CLEANED dressed up, well-dressed → 1967 African-American
► CLOBBERED dressed up → L19 sl.
► DALLACKING dressing smartly and gaudily → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DAP well-dressed; stylish, fashionable → 1956 African-American
► DAPPED DOWN flashily dressed → 1950s African-American sl.
► DAPPED TO A T ► DAPPED TO A TEE ► DAP TO A T ► DAP TO A TEE very well-dressed → 1950s African-American sl.
► DAPT well-dressed; stylish → 1967 African-American sl.
► DASHY-LOOKING well-dressed, smart → 1886 Sc.
► DAUBED fantastically dressed → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DAUBY fantastically dressed → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DAWKY overdressed → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DECENT sufficiently dressed for standards of propriety → 1949 UK
► DECKED stylishly dressed → 1972 US sl.
► DENK ► DINK finely dressed, neat, nice, trim, spruce → 1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DICKEY-DOOED UP dressed up in one’s good clothes → 1969 Amer. dial.
► DICKIED UP dressed up in one’s good clothes → 1969 Amer. dial.
► DIKED OUT dressed up → 1851 Amer. dial.
► DIKED OUT LIKE MRS. ASTOR’S PLUSH HORSE dressed in one’s best clothes → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DIKED UP dressed up → 1901 Amer. dial.
► DINKIT dressed, decked out → 1813 Sc.
► DIPPED elegant, stylish, well-dressed → 2004 African-American sl.
► DOCKED dressed up → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DOFFED OUT dressed → 1890 Eng. dial.
► DOGGED OUT dressed up → 1934 Amer. dial.
► DOGGED UP dressed up → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DOGGY dressy; neat → 1914 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► DOLLED UP smartly dressed → 1906 sl.
► DOLLED UP LIKE A DOG’S DINNER flashily dressed → 1934 sl.
► DOLLED UP LIKE A SORE FINGER adj. overdressed → 1919 Aust. sl.
► DONE UP dressed in unusual or particularly stylish clothing → 1882 sl.
► DONE UP LIKE A PET LIZARD dressed up; ludicrously overdressed → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► DONE UP LIKE A POX DOCTOR’S CLERK smartly dressed, but in bad taste → 1949 Brit. sl., derisive usage
► DONE UP LIKE A SORE FINGER adj. overdressed → 1939 Aust. sl.
► DOWDY shabbily dressed; unattractively dressed → L16
► DRESSED TO A QUEEN’S TASTE dressed in one’s good clothes and trying to look one’s best; said of a woman → 1950 Amer. dial.
► DRESSED UP LIKE A DOG’S DINNER smartly dressed → 1934 sl.
► DRESSED UP LIKE A POX DOCTOR’S CLERK smartly dressed → 1949 Brit. sl., derisive usage
► DRESSED UP TO THE NINES dressed in one’s smartest clothes → 1859 sl.
► DUDE well-dressed → 1982 Bahamas sl.
► DUDED UP dressed in one’s smartest or most impressive clothes → 1899 sl., orig. US
► DUGGY dressed in style → 1993 US sl.
► DUKED OUT dressed up → 1938 US sl.
► DWI poorly dressed; ‘Dressed Without Instructions’ → 1997 US sl.
► FAKED UP dressed up, made up → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAKISH dressed up, made up → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FALLAL gaudily dressed → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FALLALED OUT dressed out, decked out with finery → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FANDANGEE overdressed or otherwise assuming an air of superiority → 2003 Trinidad and Tobago
► FANTOOSH overdressed, over-ornamented; flashy, showy; ultra-fashionable → 1920 Sc.
► FANTOOSHED flashily dressed → 1930 Sc.
► FARPUTST dressed up → 1969 Amer. Yiddish
► FEAT neatly dressed → c1430 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
► FEATHERED OUT dressed up → 1968 Amer. cowboys’ usage
► FINE AS SALLIT finely dressed (sallit = salad) →1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FITTED well-dressed → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FLASH AS A RAT WITH A GOLD TOOTH tastelessly overdressed; ostentatious → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► FLOOZIED UP of a woman: dressed to the nines → 1967 Amer. dial.
► FLY well-dressed, fashionable → 1879 US sl.
► FULL CLEVELAND dressed in white shoes and a white suit; said of a man → 1991 US sl.
► GAINLY-LOOKING neatly dressed; said chiefly of females → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GALLANT finely dressed, smart; gorgeous or showy in appearance → c1420 arch.
► GASH neatly dressed, respectable; well-prepared → 1785 Sc.
► GAUCIE ► GAUCY ► GAUSIE ► GAWCIE ► GAWCY ► GAWSY well-dressed and jolly-looking → 1720 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► GAY finely dressed, showily dressed → c1381
► GEARED UP 1. dressed up → 1979 UK sl.
2. elegant, stylish, well-dressed → 2009 African-American sl.
► G’ED UP well dressed → 2006 US street sl. (Bk.)
► GHETTO FABULOUS favouring an ostentatious style of dress associated with the hip-hop subculture 
► GLAMMED-UP glamorously dressed → 1924 UK sl.
► GOGGIE elegantly dressed → 1825 Sc.
► GOT UP dressed in unusual clothing → 1858 sl.
► GOT UP LIKE A DOG’S DINNER smartly dressed → 1934 sl.
► GOT UP LIKE A POX DOCTOR’S CLERK smartly dressed → 1949 Brit. sl., derisive usage
► GRANDIED UP sloppily dressed → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► GUSSIED-UP smartly dressed → Aust. sl.
► GUSSY of a person: overdressed → 1940 sl.
► HABILATORY having reference to dressing; wearing clothes → 1827
► HABILIMENTED dressed, apparelled → 1607
► HABITED dressed, clothed → 1807
► HACKY carelessly dressed, or wearing clothes that never look right → 1969 Amer. dial.
► HOOKED UP well-dressed → 1933 Amer. sl.
► HORSED UP overdressed, showy, over made-up → 1950s US sl.
► ILL-HAPPIT ill-dressed → 1896 Sc.
► ILL-PUT-ON badly or carelessly dressed → 1886 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► IN DRESS dressed in one’s best clothes → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► IN HER HAIR in full dress → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JAMMED OUT dressed up → E19 US sl.
► KIDDY well-dressed, fashionable, flashy → L18 sl.
► KIDDYISH showily dressed, stylish; up-to-date → E19 sl.
► LACED ► LACED BY THE NECK dressed up and bejewelled → 1900s US sl.
► LAID well-dressed → 1978 African-American sl.
► LAID OUT well-dressed → 1989 African-American sl.
► LAID TO THE BONE well-dressed → 1970s African-American sl.
► LAIRED UP flashily dressed → 1920s Aust. sl.
► LAIRY ► LARY ► LEARY ► LEERY flashily or vulgarly dressed → 1898 Aust. sl.
► LIKE A DOG’S DINNER ostentatiously or smartly dressed → 1927 colloq.
► LUSTY gaily dressed → c1412 obs.
► MACKED OUT ► MACKED UP flashily or stylishly dressed; attractive; flashy → 1933 Amer. sl.
► MOCKERED UP ► MOKKERED UP dressed in one’s smartest clothes → 1910 Aust. & NZ sl.
► MOMBLED dressed up awkwardly and ridiculously → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOMMOCKED-UP fantastically and absurdly dressed → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NABBY well-dressed, neat, trim; dressed above one’s station → 1879 Sc.
► NABITY well-dressed, neat, trim; dressed above one’s station → 1903 Sc. (Bk.)
► NAR-NAR of a man: over-dressed, often effeminately so → 1952 Aust. sl.
► NATTY well-dressed, smart → 1789 sl.
► NAUGHTY flashy, vulgarly over-dressed → 1864 sl.
► NEAT 1. finely or elegantly dressed; trim or smart in apparel → 1546 obs.
2. elegant, trim; said of dress → 1634 obs.
► NUNTY dressed in a shabby or old-fashioned way, dowdy, unstylish: applied to female dress → 1838 Eng. dial.
► OLD dressed in old clothes; shabby → 1596 obs.
► PEARCE well-dressed, fine, showy, extraordinary → 1805 Eng. dial.
► PIMPED OUT elegant, stylish, well-dressed → 2004 African-American sl.
► PONCED-UP made overly elaborate, fancy, or effeminate; dressed up ostentatiously → 1970 sl., derogatory
► POOFED-UP dressed in an affected or effeminate manner → 1964 sl., chiefly derogatory
► POONED UP dressed up in one’s best clothes → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► PRESSED well-dressed → 1971 African-American
► PRESSED TO THE MAX very well-dressed, very smart → 1980 sl.
► PRIMPED elaborately dressed or made up; fussily neat or smart; affected; vain → 1625
► QUAINT 1. fashionably or finely dressed; elegant, foppish → a1300 obs.
2. fine, fashionable, elegant; said of dress → a1366 obs.
► QUEANED UP carefully dressed (not necessarily effeminately)  c1920 Aust. sl.
► QUICK well-dressed and clever → L19 UK society sl.
► RAGGED DOWN ► RAGGED DOWN HEAVY exceptionally well-dressed → 1950s African-American sl.
► RAGGED OUT exceptionally well-dressed → 1893 US sl.
► RAGGIN’ dressed in fashionable and expensive clothing → 1987 US sl.
► RALPHED UP dressed in a smart casual style → 1997 UK sl.
► REEKIT well-dressed; furnished with an outfit ~ 1811 Sc.
► RIGGED dressed, clothed; provided or covered with clothing, esp. formal or appropriate clothing → 1594
► RUM-TOGGED handsomely dressed → 1811 sl.
► SAALI well-dressed, attractive Ï 1940s W. Indies
► SAGA ► SAGGER overdressed, showy, garish → 1950s W. Indies sl.
► SHARPED UP elegantly dressed → 1967 Amer. dial.
► SHEIKED OUT dressed in a rakish style → 1928 sl., orig. US
► SHLUBBY poorly dressed → 1968 Yiddish
► SILKED ► SILKED TO THE BONE dressed in the height of fashion → 1940s African-American sl.
► SLANGY loud, vulgar; said of dress → c1860 sl.
► SMART neatly dressed, formally dressed; stylish; tidy → c1778
► SMART AS A CARROT HALF-SCRAPED to be gaily dressed → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SMART AS A NEW PIN very smartly dressed → 1893 UK
► SNORKY well-dressed, smart, elegant, stylish, up-to-date 
► SPANKY well-dressed, showy, smart, dashing → 1789 Sc.
► SPIFFED OUT fancily and formally dressed → 1877 US sl.
► SPINORTY ► SPONORTY dressy, fancy, stylish → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SPORTING well-dressed, looking good → 1980s African-American/students’
► SPORTY smartly dressed → 1885 colloq.
► SPRINK smart, well-dressed → 1602 obs.
► SPRONCY ► SPRAUNCY ► SPRAUNTSY showily dressed → 1957 Brit. sl.
► STILL IN ONE’S GOWN-TAIL not fully dressed yet → 1951 Amer. dial.
► SUPERFLY elegant, stylish, well-dressed → 1998 African-American sl.
► TABBED well-dressed → 1970s African-American sl.
► TABBED TO THE BONE dressed in one’s very best, most fashionable clothes → 1970s African-American sl.
► TACKED DOWN well-dressed → 1960s African-American sl.
► TAFFEREL ill-dressed → 1822 Sc.
► TAFFETA overdressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious → 1588
► TAFFETY overdressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious → 1719
► TAGSY untidily dressed, unkempt → 1972 Sc.
► TATSHIE slovenly dressed → 1905 Sc. obs. (Bk.)
► TAWDERED UP dressed in vulgar finery → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAWDHERLY dressed in bad taste → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIFFETY-TAFFETY  overdressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious → 1595 obs.
► TIGHT neatly and carefully dressed; trim, tidy, smart → 1697 arch. or Eng. dial.
► TIPPERD dressed unhandsomely → 1790 Eng. dial.
► TIPPY dressed in the highest fashion; smart, handsome → 1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TITRIVATED OUT dressed up → 1917 Amer. dial.
► TIZZY showily or flashily overdressed → 1930 Aust. sl.
► TOGGED DOWN dressed up → 1942 Amer. dial.
► TOGGED OUT dressed up → 1878 Amer. dial.
► TOGGED UP dressed up → 1960 Amer. dial.
► TUFTAFFETY luxuriously dressed → 1614 US
► UNMENSEFUL ill-dressed, shabby, untidy → 1905 N. Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VINED stylishly dressed → 1970 African-American
► VINED TO THE GILLS stylishly dressed → 1970 African-American
► WELL-TOILETED well-dressed → 1875
► YDIGHT dressed, prepared → 1297 obs.
► ZOOTY flashily dressed → 1940s US sl.

NOUNS
► ABOULZIEMENT dress, clothing; generally plural → 1787 Sc. obs.
► ABULIEMENT dress, clothing; generally plural → 1787 Sc. obs.
► ADDRESS dress, array, attire → 1592 obs.
► BRAVERIE showy dress, fine clothes → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CAPARISON the dress and ornaments of men and women; equipment, outfit → 1598
► DISHY BILLY a state of undress or careless dress; ‘deshabille’ → World War I Amer. sl.
► DUBBING dress, attire, array → a1300 obs.
► FULL FIG full dress; full official or ceremonial attire → 1838 US sl.
► FURNITURE apparel, dress, outfit, personal belongings → 1566 obs.
► GARNITURE dress, apparel, costume → 1827
► GAYNESS dressiness, gay appearance, brightness of colour, display, pomp → c1449 obs.
► HABILIMENT dress, array, attire (now only of personal attire) → 1470
► HARNESS dress, clothing, garments; esp. a uniform → 1853 Amer. dial.
► JUST-RAPED LOOK a sluttish, provocative style of dressing; said of a woman → 1980 sl.
► NANG ostentation in one’s dress → 20C W. Indies sl.
► PARAFFINELLY ► PARAPHERNALLY an overdressed appearance → c1900 Sc.
► QUAINTISE fine or curious dress; fineness, elegance or fancifulness in dress → 1300 obs.
► RIG dress; style; hence, an outfit; a set of clothes → 1843 sl.
► SCASH an untidy or slovenly piece of dress → 1895 Sc. obs.
► TIFF manner of dressing, or arranging, get-up; the way in which the hair, wig, etc., is dressed → 1703 obs.
► TIFFURE a dressing up, adornment → 1303 obs.
► TOGGERY official or vocational dress → c1825
► TOILET 1. a dressing → 1681
2. manner or style of dressing; dress, costume, ‘get-up’ → 1821
► TOILET-CAP a cap formerly worn by men of fashion while dressing → 1660 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ACE a man who favours flamboyant, up-to-the-minute dress → African-American sl.
► AFRIC BIRD a showily-dressed person; a person in bright clothes → 1623 obs.
► ALLIGATOR a flashily-dressed, assertively masculine, and up-to-the-minute male → African-American sl.
► AMY FLORENCE an untidily-dressed or tawdrily-dressed female → 1760 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► ASTOR’S PET COW an overdressed person → 1967 Amer. dial.
► ASTOR’S PET HORSE an overdressed person → 1967 Amer. dial.
► ASTOR’S PET PONY an overdressed person → 1967 Amer. dial.
► ASTOR’S PLUSH HORSE an overdressed person → 1950 Amer. dial.
► ASTORBILT an overdressed person → 1969 Amer. jocular usage
► BARBER’S BLOCK an overdressed, showy man; one who spends much time in barbers’ shops; a fop → 1876 UK sl.
► BARBER’S CLERK an overdressed, conceited fellow who apes the manners of a gentleman → 1821 sl.
► BARTHOLOMEW BABY a tawdrily-dressed person; an overdressed woman → 1639
► BARTHOLOMEW DOLL an overdressed, vulgar woman; one in vulgar finery → 1788 UK
► BARTHOLOMEW-PUPPET a gaudily-dressed person → 1668
► BARTLEMY DOLL an overdressed, vulgar woman; one in vulgar finery → 1794 UK
► BASIL-HAMPERS a female whose attire falls awkwardly round her feet → 1855 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BAT CAVER a person dressed in black → 20C teen & high school sl.
► BEAGLE an oddly-dressed or grotesquely-dressed person → 1876 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEAR a well-dressed man → a1968 US students’ sl.
► BEETLE a flashily-dressed young woman → 1931 sl.
► BELLIBONE a well-dressed young woman → 1923 UK sl.
► BESSYBAB ► BESSY-BABS a fantastically dressed female, as a mummer at Christmas; a slovenly, but gaily-attired woman → 1873 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BETTY-CO-ED an overdressed college girl; a girl who is dressed up even for everyday occasions → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BIT OF STUFF an overdressed man; a dressy, conceited man → 1828 UK sl.
► BIZEN an overdressed person → 1893 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLACKFORD-BLOCK a sporadically well-dressed man → a1909 UK sl.
► BLACKFORD-SWELL a sporadically well-dressed man → a1909 UK sl.
► BLACKFORD-TOFF a sporadically well-dressed man → a1909 UK sl.
► BLADE a showily-dressed or bizarrely-dressed woman → 1983 Ulster sl.
► BOAKIE an oddly-dressed person → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOB the best-dressed or best-looking lad or lass in a company → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUNDER a well-dressed, vulgar man → 1914 Amer. dial. 
► BUCKSTICK a well-dressed, sprightly child or youth; a fop → 19C Eng. dial.
► BURERK ► BURICK a flashily-dressed woman → M19 sl.
► BUTTERFLY an overdressed, flashy person → 20C US sl.
► CANDY-BOY a stylishly-dressed person → 1901 US sl.
► CANDY-COCK a stylishly-dressed person → 1925 US sl.
► CANDY-KID a stylishly-dressed person → 1913 US sl.
► CAPTAIN QUEERNABS an ill-dressed, shabby fellow → 1890 sl. (Bk.)
► CHRISTMAS TREE a heavily made-up or over-dressed woman – she’s lit up like a Christmas tree → 1980 US sl.
► CIRCUS HORSE a woman who overdresses → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CLIPPIE a person wearing too neatly cut clothes → 19C Sc.
► DADGIL a person wearing ill-fitting clothes and with a foolish gait → 1824 Sc.
► DAFFADILE ► DAFFODIL an overdressed, showy woman → 1821 Sc.
► DAG an unfashionable dresser → 1990s Aust. & NZ sl.
► DALLACKS an overdressed, smart person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DALLION a person whose clothes are too large for his body → 1824 Sc. obs.
► DANDY-BOY a well-dressed young man → 1940s W. Indies sl.
► DAP DADDY a handsomely-dressed male → 1950s African-American sl.
► DAPPER a sprucely-dressed person → 1709 obs.
► DAPPER DAN a flashily-dressed man; a lady’s man → 1967 Amer. sl.
► DASHER a showily-dressed person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DATCHEL a person wearing ill-fitting clothes and with a foolish gait → 1824 Sc.
► DIDO a girl who makes herself look ridiculous with fantastic finery → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► DOCKSY an overdressed woman → 19C Eng. dial.
► DOOGIE DADDY a well-dressed man → 1950s African-American sl.
► DOWDY a shabbily-dressed or badly-dressed woman → L16
► DOZZLE an oddly-dressed, tawdry woman; a slattern → 1855 Eng. dial.
► DRESSED UP LIKE AN OLD EWE LAMB FASHION a woman who dressed younger than  her years → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► DRIFTY a person who dresses carelessly; one who looks like a ‘drifter’ → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► FADE a badly dressed person → 1997 US students’ sl.
► FALLAL a gaudily-dressed woman → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FANCY DAN a flashily-dressed man; a dandy → 1930s sl., orig. US 
► FANCY PANTS a showily-dressed, conceited person, esp. a man; a dandy, a snob → 1934 sl., orig. US
► FANTASTIC a showily-dressed person; a fop → a1613 obs.
► FANTOOSH an overdressed person → 1930 Sc.
► FINNICKS a tawdrily-dressed woman → 1839 Eng. dial.
► FLAMFOO a gaudily-dressed woman whose chief pleasure consists in dress → 19C Sc.
► FLANTUM-FLATHERUM PIEBALD DILL a fantastically dressed woman in a variety of colours → 19C Eng. dial.
► FLASH HARRY a loudly-dressed, ostentatious, and typically bad-mannered man → 1960 Brit. sl.
► FLITTERGIBBET a woman who overdresses → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GAIVE an oddly-dressed or fantastically dressed person → c1930 Sc.
► GEEZER a well-dressed, stylish man → c1950 UK sl.
► GIBBY-HORSE a showily-dressed person → 1601
► GIZARD a ridiculously-dressed person → 1877 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GIZEN an ill-dressed person → 1877 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GLAMOUS PUSS an ostentatiously well-dressed, lavishly made-up, etc. (young) person, usually a woman → 1940 sl.
► GLOVER a well-dressed, affable man → 1854 US sl.
► GORGER a gentleman, a well-dressed man → 1811 Eng. dial. sl.
► GUY an ill-dressed, grotesque-looking, ugly, or ridiculous person, esp. an old man → 1823 Amer. sl.
► HAMFATTER a loudly-dressed and loudly-decorated dandy → 1932 US sl.
► HANIEL SLYP an uncouthly-dressed person; an ugly fellow → 1742 Sc.
► HARD CAT a well-dressed, popular male → 1959 US sl.
► HASPAL ► HASPLE a carelessly-dressed, untidy person; a sloven → 1824 Sc. obs.
► HAURL a carelessly-dressed female → 1825 Sc.
► HEATHER a well-dressed, superficial, female → 1989 US teen & students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HEAVY GUNNER a man dressed in the height of fashion → 1890
► HEAVY SWELL a man dressed in the height of fashion; a dandy, an aristocrat, or one who tries to pose as such → 1819 colloq.
► HEEGARY a whimsically-dressed female → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HIGH BLOKE a well-dressed fellow → 1859 US sl. obs. (Bk.)
► HIGH-COLLARED DUDE a well-dressed gentleman → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HIGH-COLLARED ROOSTER a well-dressed gentleman → 1906 Amer. dial.
► HIGH STEPPER a well-dressed, lively woman → 1852
► HI-OPEN-BOPEN a badly-dressed or fantastically dressed man → 1923 Amer. dial.
► HOLLYWOOD a gaudily dressed person in sunglasses → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► JAY an absurdly-dressed person; a ‘sight’ → 1898
► JAZZBO a fancily-dressed, sharp person → 1960 Amer. sl.
► KECKMALAIRY an overdressed, flighty person → 1825 Eng. dial. 
► KNUT ► NUT a very well-dressed, fashionable (if not overly intelligent) young man → 1910s sl.
► LACED MUTTON a woman dressed to appear younger than her years → E19 sl.
► LACY-PANTS a flashily-dressed person; a dandy; a snob → 1940 US sl.
► LAIR ► LARE a flashily-dressed man; one who ‘shows off’ → 1935 Aust. sl.
► MACARONI ► MACCARONI a fantastically dressed person; an exquisite of a class which arose in England about 1760 and consisted of young men who had travelled and affected the tastes and fashions prevalent in continental society; a fop; a dandy; one who follows every ridiculous mode of dress → 1764 hist.
► MACAROONY ► MACKERONY an overdressed or gaudily-dressed person → 1895 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► MALKIN a showily-dressed person → 1873 Sc.
► MALKIN-TRASH a dismally-dressed person → 17C colloq.
► MAMMOCK ► MOMMACK ► MOMMICK ►MOMMICKS ► MOMMUCK ► MUMMOCK an absurdly-dressed or untidily-dressed person → 1825 Eng. dial.
► MASTER a well-dressed, respectable man → 1851 Eng. dial.
► MAWKIN a showily-dressed or eccentrically-dressed person → 1819 Eng. dial.
► MEG an ill-dressed person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MINK a well-dressed girl; one who can afford mink → 1971 Boonville California jargon (Bk.)
► MISS ASTOR ► MRS. ASTOR a woman who overdresses, or spends too much on clothes → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MISS LIZZIE TISH a woman who overdresses → 1960s US sl.
► MOD a well-dressed, fashionable person → a1968 US students’ sl.
► MOG a dowdily-dressed person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOGGIE ► MOGGY an untidily-dressed woman; a slattern → 1648 orig. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MOMMIT an absurdly-dressed or untidily-dressed person → 1893 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MONKEYBACK a man who dresses in formal dinner clothes → 1928 African-American sl.
► MOPPET a gaudily-dressed woman → 1782 depreciative usage
► MRS. ASTOR’S BILLY GOAT an overdressed person → 1920s US sl.
► MRS. ASTOR’S COW an overdressed person → 1920s US sl.
► MRS. ASTOR’S PET COW an overdressed person → 1920s US sl.
► MRS. ASTOR’S PET HORSE an overdressed person → 1929 US sl.
► MRS. ASTOR’S PLUSH HORSE an overdressed person → 1957 US sl.
► MUNSIE a person who invites contempt or ridicule by being foppishly or extravagantly dressed → 1808 Sc.
► MUTTON DONE UP AS LAMB a woman who dressed younger than  her years → 1965 sl.
► MUTTON DRESSED AS LAMB a woman who dressed younger than  her years → 1922 sl.
► MUTTON DRESSED LAMB-FASHION an elderly woman dressed in a youthful style → 1810
► NABITY a well-dressed, trim person → 1903 Sc. (Bk.)
► NIB a smartly-dressed young man → 1921 sl.
► NICE JOINT an attractive, if over-made-up and overdressed young woman → L19 sl.
► NIFTY a well-dressed man → 1967 US students’ sl.
► OBJECT an ill-dressed person → 1877 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OLD EWE DRESSED LAMB FASHION, AN an elderly woman dressed in a youthful style  → 1785 sl. (Bk.)
► OLD MUTTON DRESSED AS LAMB a woman who dressed younger than  her years → 1900 sl.
► PACKAGED GOODS a well-dressed beauty → 1972 homosexual sl.  (Bk.)
► PALMER a shabbily-dressed person; one who goes about looking like a tramp, either through poverty or slovenliness → 1808 Sc.
► PARAKEET a person who dresses in gay apparel → 1596
► PARAQUITO a person who dresses in gay apparel → 1596
► PARISH RIG an ill-dressed man → L19 sl., orig. nautical usage
► PARKER a well-dressed man; a dandy → M19 sl.
► PARRICH a finely-dressed, neat person of small stature → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► PAW a dressed-up, conceited person → 1899 Sc.  
► QUAINTRELLE a finely-dressed woman; one who is elegantly dressed → c1430 obs.
► QUEER CULL an ill-dressed, poor person → L17 sl.
► RACKEY a boy who affects a style of dressing reminiscent of a gangster → 1955 US teen sl. 
► RAG BAG a shabbily-dressed person → 1888 UK sl.
► RAG DOLL a sloppily-dressed woman; a slattern → c1862 sl.
► REGULAR CROW a dismally-dressed person → 1903 colloq. (Bk.)
► SALLY HATCH an overdressed woman → 1892 Eng. dial.
► SCRIBE a shabbily-dressed or oddly-dressed person; a guy → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SHABAROON an ill-dressed, shabby fellow; a ragamuffin → a1700 sl. obs.
► SHEEP MASQUERADING AS LAMB a woman who dressed younger than  her years → 1912 sl.
► SHREWD DUDE a well-dressed, alert boy or man → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SKID an ill-dressed, dirty, dishevelled person → 1990s sl.
► SNODDIE a neatly-dressed person, generally a female → 19C Sc.
► SPRUSADO a smartly-dressed person; a spruce fellow; a dandy → 1665 obs.
► SWELL a swell-dressed person; a person with a showy exterior → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SWING DADDY a well-dressed, attractive man → 1970s African-American sl.
► TACKHEAD an overdressed or excessively stylish person → 1980 US sl.
► TACKLE a bizarrely-dressed or showily-dressed woman → 1983 Irish sl.
► TACKY an overdressed or excessively stylish person → 1980 US sl.
► TARGET an oddly-dressed or untidily-dressed person → 1972 Sc.
► TASSELLED GENTLEMAN a man dressed in fine clothes → 1894 (Bk.)
► TATTER-CLOUT a poorly-dressed, ragged person; a ragamuffin → 1874 Eng. dial.
► TATTER-RAGS a poorly-dressed, ragged person; a ragamuffin → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TATTER-WALLETS a poorly-dressed, ragged person; a ragamuffin → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TATTIE-BOGLE a grotesquely-dressed, ragged, or unkempt person → 1972 Sc. 
► TEDDY BEAR a flashily-dressed youth or man → 1953 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘lair’
► TIDDY-DOLL a dressed-up, spoiled, babyish girl or woman → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIGER a vulgarly-dressed person; an obtrusively overdressed woman → 1827 sl. obs.
► TIGRESS a vulgarly-dressed person; an obtrusively overdressed woman → 1836 obs.
► TIP an overdressed person → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► TIPPER a finely-dressed person; a belle or beau → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► TIPPY-BOB a fashionably-dressed person; a fop → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIZZIE LISH a woman who overdresses, or spends too much on clothes → 1995 Amer. dial.
► TOFF a well-dressed, upper-class person → 1851 Brit. sl.
► TRAG an untidily-dressed or poorly-dressed person; a ‘sight’ → 1901 Sc.
► TWO-BOB LAIR a man dressed in a cheap, flashy manner → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► WALLY a smartly-dressed young man → 1933 US sl. (Bk.)
► WELL-RIGGED FRIGATE a well-dressed woman → 1725 UK sl.
► YARD DOG an ill-dressed, badly behaved person → 1944 African-American sl.
► ZOOTER a member of an identifiable group of zoot-suit-wearing young men, characterized by fashion and as flashy and vulgar → 1994 US sl.
► ZOOT SUITER a man, esp. a young Black hipster or Chicano, who wears a zoot suit and/or exemplifies the values symbolized by such a garment → 1942 US sl.

PHRASES
► DWI poorly dressed; Dressed Without Instructions → 1997 US sl.
► HE LOOKS LIKE AN UNMADE BED said of a very untidily dressed person → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► LOOKS LIKE A HAYSTACK said of a person who dresses carelessly → 1968 Amer. dial.
► SO SLICK THAT IF A FLY WOULD LIGHT ON HIM IT WOULD SLIP AND BREAK ITS BACK nicely dressed → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SOME DECK IS SHY A JOKER said of an outlandishly dressed person → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)

VERBS
► ADIGHT to dress, to deck → c1400 obs.
► ADONIZE to dress up, to dandify, to make an Adonis of → 1611
► ADVERTISE to dress in a sexually provocative manner → 1950s homosexual sl.
► AFAITE to dress, to fit out, to array → 1483 obs.
► BAWM to dress up, to adorn → 1790 Eng. dial.
► BE DRESSED LAMB-FASHION to be dressed in a youthful style → 1892 Eng. dial.
► BE SET FORTH LIKE LAMB AND SALLIT to be gaily dressed → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEDINK to dress out smartly → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEDIZEN ► BEDIZZEN to dress out, esp. in a vulgar or gaudy fashion → 1661
► BEGO to dress; to clothe, to attire, to deck, to adorn → a1225 obs.
► BOUN to dress, to get ready → a1525 obs.
► BRANK to dress up, to deck → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BUCK UP to dress up → 1854 Eng. dial. or colloq.
► BUNG ON to get dressed, usually in combination with an article of clothing, as ‘bung on a jacket’ → 20C sl.
► BUSK to dress, to clothe, to attire a person thing → c1400
► BUSS to dress, to clothe; to dress up, to adorn → 1569
► CAKE OUT to dress in a rakish manner → 1920s US sl.
► CLOBBER to dress up → 1887 sl.
► CUT YANGA to dress fashionably → 1983 sl.
► DAILY EXPRESS to dress → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► DALLACK to dress smartly and gaudily → 1874 Eng. dial.
► DAP DOWN to dress nicely → 1980 US sl.
► DAWK OUT to overdress; to dress smartly but untidily and slovenly → 1890 Eng. dial.
► DAWKS to overdress; to dress up → 1866 Eng. dial.
► DECK OFF to dress up → 1973 Trinidad & Tobago
► DEEN to dress → 1867 Ireland  
► DICKEY UP to dress up in fine clothes; to make pretty or fancy → 1969 Amer. dial.
► DIGHT to dress, to clothe; to adorn, to deck oneself → 1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DIKE to dress elaborately or ostentatiously; to dress up in one’s best clothes  → 1851 Amer. dial.
► DILL to dress fine, to adorn → 1730 Eng. dial.
► DINK to dress out, to adorn, to deck → 1808 Sc.
► DOZZLE to overdress, to deck oneself out → 1876 Eng. dial.
► DRAPE THE SHAPE to dress → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DRESS TO DEATH to overdress → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DRESS TO KILL to overdress → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DUB to dress, to clothe. to array, to adorn → a1300 obs.
► DUDE UP to dress up → 1899 US sl.
► FAKE to dress up → 1797 sl.
► FETTLE to dress, to put on garments; to adorn, to dress up → 1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FIG to dress finely → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FLASH UP to dress or act ostentatiously → 1969 Amer. dial.
► GARB UP to dress → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GARNISH to dress, to clothe, esp. in an elegant fashion → 1529 obs.
► GEAR to dress, to adorn; to array → c1250 obs.
► GEAR DOWN to dress up → 1965 Barbados sl.
► GIMP UP to dress smartly → c1910 army sl.
► GLAM ► GLAM UP to dress more smartly → 1937 UK sl.
► GUSSY UP to dress in one’s best clothes; to adorn oneself → 1952 Amer. sl.
► HABILITATE to dress, to clothe → 1885
► HABILLE to dress, to apparel → a1450 obs.
► HABIT to dress, to clothe, to attire → 1588
► HACKLE to dress; to put on one’s best clothes → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAP to dress, to clothe → 1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HARLEQUINIZE to dress in fantastical colouring → 1876
► HARNESS to dress, to clothe, to apparel, to array → c1400 obs.
► LAIR ► LAIR UP ► LARE to dress flashily; to show off → 1928 Aust. sl.
► LALLOP to trail, to drag or flap on the ground; said of a dress, etc. → 1889 Eng. dial.
► MAB ► MAB UP to dress carelessly or negligently; to be slatternly or slovenly → 1691 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
to dress carelessly → L17 UK sl.
► MABBLE to dress slovenly → 19C obs.
► MEE-MAW to dress up, to wear a great many gewgaws → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MENSE to dress or smarten oneself up → 1859 Eng. dial.
► MOB to dress carelessly and untidily → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NEW FANGLE to dress up anew → 1641 obs.
► PANSY UP to dress or adorn affectedly or effeminately → 1946 sl.
► PATCH UP to dress fashionably → 1970s US homosexual sl.
► POODLE to overdress → 1962
► POON ► POON UP to dress up, esp. flashily → 1943 Aust. sl.
► PREP ► PREP OUT to get dressed up, esp. overdressed, or elaborately made up → 1980 US students’ sl.
► PRIG to dress up; to preen → 1845 US obs.
► PRINK to dress in a finical manner → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► PRUNK ► PRUNK UP to dress neatly; to make oneself smart and neat → 19C Sc.
► PUT ON to get dressed → 20C Ulster sl.
► PUT ON DOG to dress smartly → 19C sl.
► PUT ON THE AGONY to dress according to the latest fashion; to overdress → 1906 Amer. dial.
► PUT ON THE DOG to dress with elaborate care; to dress in an ostentatious or showy manner  → 1914 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► PUT ON THE HIGH DICK of a man: to dress up in his best clothes → 1970 Amer. dial.
► QUAINTISE to dress finely, to beautify, to adorn → 1390 obs.
► QUEAN UP ► QUEEN UP to dress carefully, although not necessarily effeminately → 1930s Aust. sl.
► RAG to dress fashionably → 1990s African-American sl.
► RAG HEAVY to dress well → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► RAG OUT to dress up; to dress, to provide clothing to → 1865 Amer. sl.
► RAG UP to dress oneself up → 1900s US criminals’ sl.
► RANK OUT to dress, to get ready → 1841 Sc.
► RAPPLE to dress in haste; to wrap clothes round → 1827 Sc.
► RAY to dress, to deck out →1750 Eng. dial.
► REEK to dress, to accoutre; to make ready → 1709 Sc.
► RIG OUT to dress in smart or formal clothes; to dress up; to get ready for a formal occasion → 1723
► SCRUB UP WELL to show good dress sense → 1980s Aust. sl.
► SHARP to dress smartly → M20 US colloq.
► SHEIK UP to smarten or dress oneself up → 1924 US sl.
► SPRUG to smarten a person up; to dress smartly or attractively → 1622 obs.
► SUIT 1. to dress, to clothe, to attire → 1577 arch.
2. to dress oneself in stylish or flashy clothes → 1959 Brit. sl.
► TAIT OFF ► TAIT UP to dress up smartly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAKE A FASHION RISK to dress in an unfashionable or outlandish manner → 1980s US students’ sl.
► TARDLE to dress gaily → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TEAGLE to dress, to put on one’s clothing → 1876 Eng. dial.
► TIFF to dress, to attire, to deck out, to tittivate one’s person,  hair, etc. → a1225 obs.
► TIFFLE to dress up, to adorn, to deck or trick out in a trifling or time-wasting way → a1425 obs.
► TIFT to dress up, to adorn, to deck or trick out in a trifling or time-wasting way → 1388 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TIRE to dress, to attire, to clothe duly, to adorn → c1350 obs.
► TIZ UP to dress up → 1930 Aust. sl.
► TIZZY UP to titivate, to dress up in one’s finery → 1960 Aust. sl.
► TOFF UP to dress up like a toff → 1914 Brit. sl.
► TOG ► TOG OUT to dress, to dress in smart clothes → 1793 sl.
► TOG DOWN to dress up → 1967 African-American sl. (Bk.)
► TOGGLE ► TOGGLE OUT to dress oneself up → 1919 Amer. dial.
► TOG UP to dress oneself up → 1887 Amer. dial.
► TOILET to dress; to wash and attire oneself → 1840
► TRIG OUT to dress up, to adorn → 1822 Amer. dial.
► TRIG UP to dress up, to adorn → 1868 Amer. dial.
► TRIGGER OUT to dress up, to adorn → 1953 Amer. dial.
► TRIGGER UP to dress up, to adorn → 1938 Amer. dial.
► TUTTLE to arrange the dress; to adorn; to titivate → 1899 Eng. dial.
► WALK IN PIMLICO of a man: to be handsomely dressed → 1670 sl.