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fancy dress

 
noun [U] UK

Translation

special clothes that people wear for a party, which make them look like a different person
karnaval kıyafeti, balo elbisesi
a fancy dress party 812
(Definition of fancy dress noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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