beau
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a well-dressed fashionable man
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someone who always wears whatever is considered fashionable, even if it does not suit them
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a young heterosexual man who enjoys good clothes, having an attractive home, and improving his personal appearance
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an insulting word for a working-class man who dresses in fashionable or expensive clothes in order to impress people
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someone who is boring because they do not wear fashionable clothes or have fashionable interests
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someone who wears clothing typical of the opposite sex, especially for sexual pleasure
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wearing ordinary clothes instead of your uniform
used for describing someone, especially a woman, who is dressed in a way that is more suitable for a younger person
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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