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(gŭs'ē) 
tr.v. Slang, -sied, -sy·ing, -sies.
To dress or decorate elaborately; adorn or embellish: gussied herself up in sequins and feathers.
tr.v. Slang, -sied, -sy·ing, -sies.
To dress or decorate elaborately; adorn or embellish: gussied herself up in sequins and feathers.
[Perhaps from Australian slang gussie, an effeminate man, from Gussie, diminutive of the personal name Augustus.]
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