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gussied up

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gussied up
Rur. dressed up fancy. All the girls got gussied up for the dance, but the guys wore their regular clothes. Mary really got gussied up. She even curled her hair.
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The bar was known as the Snake Pit and in the traditions of the time included the men's side where various volunteers spent the day with their table of moulting draft beers and the woman's side where you gussied up on Friday night and got drunk, had a fight over a woman or some imagined slight, laughed and sang country and western songs.
Byline: Debbie LaPlaca CHARLTON - The town-owned Fay Mountain Farm, abandoned and barren for nearly three years, has been gussied up for three suitors, the first of which is coming to court Wednesday.
In the interest of truth in journalism, it's essential to point out that the HP Vivienne Tam Special Edition notebook is actually the HP Mini 1000 netbook, gussied up in a lovely red design.
 
 
 
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