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Examples
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Those directly in front of the hotels have the full-dressed bathers--women in saris; men in long shorts and shirts.
Suddenly, the Swiss are inundated with nudist hikers, many from Germany. Ann Althouse 2009
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The princess kneeled down by the bed on which the duchess was lying, full-dressed and wide awake, and whispered the secret to her.
A Holiday Romance 2007
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The princess kneeled down by the bed on which the duchess was lying, full-dressed and wide awake, and whispered the secret to her.
A Holiday Romance 2007
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Elfride was lying full-dressed on the bed, her face hot and red, her arms thrown abroad.
A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006
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Mr.B. said, “Why are you not full-dressed, my dear?”
Pamela 2006
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Her visits there must be of that full-dressed nature to which Lily had alluded.
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All the full-dressed diplomatists he left behind were unimportant.
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I remembered now I had heard it said among the teachers — though without at the time particularly noticing the gossip — that often, when we thought Madame in her chamber, sleeping, she was gone, full-dressed, to take her pleasure at operas, or plays, or balls.
Villette 2003
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All the full-dressed diplomatists he left behind were unimportant.
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It evokes the life and times a lot more than being a full-dressed autobiography.
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