all dogged up en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Perhaps inspired by decked out or dog's dinner.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, slang) Wearing stylish and fancy clothing, having dressed up.
1986, Through Streets Broad and Narrow. Gabriel Fielding. Pg. 99. by the time he had reached Mitchell's where Dymphna would surely be at a corner table, there would be seven or eight people with him, all dogged-up, and several attractive girls.
We were quite warm when we got to Lucerne—but we all “dogged up” for dinner anyway.
2012, Judith Kitchen, Half In Shade: Family, Photography, and Fate:Part one of the wind up was in place. Part two required that we should prepare him to win her heart and be there to witness his attempt. The following afternoon we had him all dogged up in borrowed gear.
2013, Peter Joseph Troy, Below Decks; from Pantry Boy to Steward in the British Merchant Navy, 1954-1961:
Forms
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| all dogged-up | alternative | lexicographic |