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dress-code en · VERB
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(transitive) To invoke or impose a dress code upon (someone); to take disciplinary action on (someone) for violating a dress code.
“You're dress-coding me?” Tasha said. “This isn't even your class!” Just then the actual English teacher came in.
2019 September 17, Beth Vrabel, The Humiliations of Pipi McGee, Running Press Kids, →ISBN:“They dress-coded her.” I blinked quickly, not understanding. How was that possible? We had the same dress, and they'd let me in. Cole shook his head. “This whole dress-code thing is so stupid.
2020 October 20, Kim Harrington, Revenge of the Red Club, Aladdin, →ISBN, page 125:Dress-coding, on the other hand, is to point out that, whereas that garment may be fine at another place and time, it isn't right for school.
2018 June 24, HowExpert, Melanie Miller, Parenting 101: A Mother and Teacher of 30 Years Shares Her Best Parenting Lessons to Raise Happy, Healthy, Responsible, and Successful Children From A to Z, HowExpert, →ISBN, page 66:He fought with the glass manufacturer about the price for the old-fashioned and pint glasses, and unpacked the lighting ... “Dress coded? What's that?” He should know the school terminology by now.
2019 September 18, Stacey Wilk, The Essence of Whiskey and Tea, The Wild Rose Press Inc, →ISBN:“But then that was overshadowed by all the dress-coding.” Principal Pickford cut in. “You didn't even get dress-coded that first day. Not until the day you chose to break the rules on purpose.”
2020 October 20, Kim Harrington, Revenge of the Red Club, Aladdin, →ISBN, page 216:“But it's unfair that you're dress coding me for this skirt”— my voice is soft, softer than I want it to be, but I'm saying it —“when you didn't dress code the boys.” “Are you accusing me of sexism?” Ms. Scott asks[…]
2021 July 13, Bridget Farr, Margie Kelly Breaks the Dress Code, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, →ISBN:
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