finery
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Men dressed as pirates follow along in their own finery.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
The high-society nature of tarot is reflected in the opulent materials used in making the cards and in the depictions of the people on them, who don finery and engage in courtly activities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Once dressed in their wedding finery in the palace of the local ruler, the young women parade through the streets of Shao before the mass wedding is blessed by the priest of Awon.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
The remarkable thing is that Trump is fine with eliminating all this finery.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2025
The sight of them in all their finery reminded her of Yule in Rook Hill.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
While most festivalgoers don the likes of velvet, bodices, feathered caps and other fineries, Matthews and his friends coordinated peasant-inspired costumes in an effort to represent the everyman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2022
The burial site, and particularly the crown and other fineries interred with the woman, hinted at a premodern European culture in which women might have held considerable power.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
No one thought to escort her off stage, strip her of her fineries, and save us all this torture?
From The Guardian ● Dec. 22, 2015
Beyond the constant dialectic between streetwear and ladylike fineries - the sweatshirts and pencil skirts were worn together - the collection was also playing with opacity and transparency.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2011
Upon the ladies he would smile and throw off vague hints of future silks and fineries.
From Old Ebenezer by Opie Percival Read
Vocabulary lists containing finery
Beowulf
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 9
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Crossing the Wire
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