pretties

plural noun

Definition of prettiesnext
as in finery

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  1. clothes
  2. regalia
  3. glad rags
Plural Noun
  • The photo collection started with a rather comical picture of Hadid sprawled on the concrete floor of a dressing room – as the star is lying down in a pink sweatshirt, leggings, ballet-core leg warmers and surrounded by racks of clothes.
    Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
  • A few kilometers away, families stand with boxes full of winter clothes at a donation center.
    Fariba Nawa, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Feb. 2023
Definition of clothes
Plural Noun
  • In one frame a row of children are dressed in colorful, traditional regalia.
    Adam Burke, NPR, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Both the Mexican king Cuauhtémoc and the Visigoth king Rodrigo unwisely appeared in full regalia, allowing the enemy to recognize and defeat him.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of regalia
Plural Noun
  • In photos shared on Instagram, Victoria and David posed in their purple glad rags in front of their wedding day thrones.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 4 July 2024
  • Born quite literally of postwar abundance — fabric was no longer in short supply — the poodle skirt merged seamlessly with the youth culture of the 1950s, a set of glad rags that appeared to presage a carefree era.
    Margalit Fox, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
Definition of glad rags
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“Pretties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pretties. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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