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man dress
 n.— «The Kia driver, a fierce-looking Iraqi in a head scarf and what the troops call a “man dress,” glares at Mears and honks defiantly.» —“Days Deprived And On Edge” by David Wood in Baghdad, Iraq San Diego Union-Tribune (California) July 3, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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