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clothes make the man

clothes make the man proverb: a person's clothing and appearance significantly defines or reveals their character, status, or worth.

Proverb

clothes make the man

  1. A person's clothing and appearance significantly defines or reveals their character, status, or worth.

Antonyms of clothes make the man

Forms of clothes make the man

alternative formclothes maketh the man

Questions about clothes make the man

What does clothes make the man mean?
Clothes make the man means a person's clothing and appearance significantly defines or reveals their character, status, or worth.
What part of speech is clothes make the man?
Clothes make the man is a proverb.

Words near clothes make the man in the dictionary

  1. clothes irons
  2. clothes line
  3. clothes lines
  4. clothes maiden
  5. clothes maidens
  6. clothes make the man
  7. clothes maketh the man
  8. clothes minded
  9. clothes moth
  10. clothes moths
  11. clothes on one's back

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