Definition of Gussy

1. to dress up in fine or showy clothes [v -SIED, -SYING, -SIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gussy

gusles
gusli
guslis
gusset
gusset plate
gusseted
gusseting
gussetless
gussets
gussie
gussie up
gussied
gussied up
gussies
gussies up
gussy (current term)
gussy up
gussying
gussying up
gust
gustable
gustables
gustard
gustards
gustation
gustations
gustative
gustatorial
gustatorily
gustatory

Literary usage of Gussy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New York Coach-maker's Magazine by Ezra M. Stratton, George Washington Wright Houghton (1860)
"When they reached the house, gussy was shown to the Dr.'s apartment, and provided with a suit of the Dr.'s— a world too long and too wide ; for gussy, ..."

2. Archie Lovell: A Novel by Annie Edwards (1867)
"gussy remained poor; and had to work hard for her daily dinner by fetching and ... Amusing Miss gussy Marks undoubtedly was. She was bitterly spiteful; ..."

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