macaroni dress

noun

A type of extravagant and flamboyant clothing worn by a subculture of young English men in the late 18th century.

Meanings

nounmacaroni dress (countable and uncountable, plural macaroni dresses)

plural macaroni dresses

  1. UKcountablehistoricaluncountablebusinessA type of extravagant and flamboyant clothing worn by a subculture of young English men in the late 18th century.
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Chicago

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