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Gussy

gussy
- 1952, Amer.Eng. slang, apparently from Gussy (1940), name for an overly dressed person, perhaps related to gussie (1901) "effeminate man," and somehow connected to the nickname for Augusta and Augustus.
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  ~ v gussy up phr v AmE informal to make yourself look attractive by wearing your best clothes etc  (gussy yourself up)  (Jolene gussied herself up for the party.) ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  (gussies gussying gussied) • gussy up If someone is gussied up, they are dressed very smartly. If something is gussied up, it is made more interesting or attractive. (mainly AM INFORMAL) They all got gussied up. ...plans to gussy up the venues, offering better food and games arcades. PHRASAL VERB: V-ed P, V P n (not pron), also V pron P ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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