Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Articles of costume considered as a group.
- noun The art of costuming.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Costume in general; clothing; apparel.
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- noun
Costumes in general.
Etymologies
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Examples
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This kind of costumery can be really aspirational in a quietly haunting way.
Gawker 2008
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This kind of costumery can be really aspirational in a quietly haunting way.
Gawker 2008
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This kind of costumery can be really aspirational in a quietly haunting way.
Gawker 2008
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This kind of costumery can be really aspirational in a quietly haunting way.
Gawker 2008
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This kind of costumery can be really aspirational in a quietly haunting way.
Gawker 2008
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This kind of costumery can be really aspirational in a quietly haunting way.
Gawker 2008
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This kind of costumery can be really aspirational in a quietly haunting way.
Gawker 2008
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The group's second Annual event will juxtapose two distinct levels of dress-up: Jazz Age (tailcoats and beaded gowns) plus seasonal costumery.
Swinging Into November Will Friedwald 2010
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One must, I suppose, consider the wishes of the tourist; and the show does, with its musical song-and-dance numbers and sumptuous, skin-tight scaly costumery.
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One must, I suppose, consider the wishes of the tourist; and the show does, with its musical song-and-dance numbers and sumptuous, skin-tight scaly costumery.
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