(India, historical) A native male valet in Madras during the British Raj, corresponding to the bearer of North India.

plural of dressing-boy

present participle of field dress

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of field dress

(historical) Practical, comfortable clothing proposed in the Victorian era as an alternative to the fashions of that time.

Alternative form of all dressed up and nowhere to go

Alternative form of all dressed up and nowhere to go

(idiomatic) Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

Alternative form of all dressed up and nowhere to go

Alternative form of done up like a dog's dinner