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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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Although gussied up as a "term limits" and "ethics reform" measure, its point was purely to keep existing council members on the dole for four more years.
But Goff ultimately squelches her own voice in an endless parade of sound bites from politicians and their advisors, and behind a single telephone poll gussied up as groundbreaking research.
Upscale retailer Fred Segal Santa Monica last month raised more than $30,000 for the environmental group Heal the Bay during an eco-friendly evening gussied up with ,some Hollywood glitz.
 
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