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Search phrase: dressing

Plays

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Measure for MeasureMM V.i.56In all his dressings, characts, titles, forms,In all his dressings, caracts, titles, formes,
Timon of AthensTim I.i.98.1Trumpets sound. Enter Lord Timon, addressing himselfTrumpets sound. Enter Lord Timon, addressing himselfe

Poems

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SonnetsSonn.76.11 So all my best is dressing old words new, So all my best is dressing old words new,
SonnetsSonn.123.4 They are but dressings of a former sight. They are but dressings of a former sight:

Glossary

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deckingadorning, dressing, attiring
dressingofficial robes, finery
dressingreworking, refashioning
furnishingdecoration, surface factor, window-dressing
gowndressing-gown, nightgown
ininto the dressing-room at the back of the stage
nightgowndressing-gown
tiringhair-dressing
tiring-housedressing-room, theatrical green room

Thesaurus

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dressingdecking
dressing-gownnightgown
dressing-gowngown
dressing-roomtiring-house
dressing-room at the back of the stage, into thein
hair-dressingtiring
room, theatre dressingtiring-house
stage, into the dressing-room at the back of thein
window-dressingfurnishing

Themes and Topics

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Stage directions... stage in cor iii i 229 into the dressing-room at the back of the stage mane...
Thou and you... to express special intimacy as when addressing god and it was usual when the lower cl...
...ll spoken to ophelia but plainly now addressing womankind as a whole (ham iii i 144) ...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
DRESSBASICdressing n

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