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macaroni dress

macaroni dress noun: a type of extravagant and flamboyant clothing worn by a subculture of young English men in the late 18th century.

Noun

macaroni dress (countable and uncountable, plural macaroni dresses)

  1. (UK, historical) A type of extravagant and flamboyant clothing worn by a subculture of young English men in the late 18th century.

Forms of macaroni dress

pluralmacaroni dresses

Questions about macaroni dress

What does macaroni dress mean?
Macaroni dress means a type of extravagant and flamboyant clothing worn by a subculture of young English men in the late 18th century.
What part of speech is macaroni dress?
Macaroni dress is a noun.
What is the plural of macaroni dress?
The plural of macaroni dress is macaroni dresses.

Words near macaroni dress in the dictionary

  1. Macaronesian
  2. macaroni
  3. macaroni and cheese
  4. macaroni and gravy
  5. macaroni cheese
  6. macaroni dress
  7. macaroni dresses
  8. macaroni penguin
  9. macaroni penguins
  10. macaroni philosopher
  11. macaroni philosophers

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