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gussy

Gussy (verb) means to dress up or decorate in a showy way.

verb
1
To dress up or decorate in a showy way.
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Etymology

First use appears c. 1952, apparently from Gussy (an adjective), schoolyard slang for “overly dressed” (1940); perhaps related to gussie (“an effeminate man”) (1901) and somehow connected to Gussie, the nickname for Augusta and Augustus.

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"gussy" (verb) means to dress up or decorate in a showy way.

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