"Dressed-up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... pretty sight? Cost a pretty sight o' the People's money, I know that. Tomfoolery, that's what it is; a set of dressed-up bullies dancin' quadrilles on 'orseback; that ain't military manoeuvrin'. It's sickenin' the way fools applaud such goins on. And cuttin off the Saracen's 'ed, too; I'd call it plucky if the Saracen 'ad a gun in his 'and. Bah, I ate the ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 99, July 5, 1890 • Various
... the same!" exclaimed Russ, with confidence. "They aren't just the dressed-up kind. Look ...
— Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's • Laura Lee Hope |
