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Search phrase: dressing

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SonnetsSonn.76.11 So all my best is dressing old words new, So all my best is dressing old words new,

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deckingadorning, dressing, attiring
dressingofficial robes, finery
dressingreworking, refashioning
furnishingdecoration, surface factor, window-dressing
gowndressing-gown, nightgown
ininto the dressing-room at the back of the stage
nightgowndressing-gown
tiringhair-dressing
tiring-housedressing-room, theatrical green room

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dressingdecking
dressing-gownnightgown
dressing-gowngown
dressing-roomtiring-house
dressing-room at the back of the stage, into thein
hair-dressingtiring
room, theatre dressingtiring-house
stage, into the dressing-room at the back of thein
window-dressingfurnishing

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