Dressing and Garb

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Dressing noun - A medicated covering used to heal an injury.

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Garb is a synonym for dressing in dress topic. In some cases you can use "Garb" instead the word "Dressing" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: dress, dressed, dressy, dresser

Garb noun - Clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation.

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Dressing is a synonym for garb in dress topic. Sometimes you can use "Dressing" instead a noun "Garb".

Nearby Words: garbage, garbed

special	special dressing	special garb
similar	similar dressing	similar garb
typical	typical dressing	typical garb
common	common dressing	common garb
Other adjectives: complete, formal, standard, light, male, inappropriate, religious, traditional, royal.

This didn't deter the surviving citizens of Hyrule from dressing up boys in the garb of the Hero of Time in the hope that they can one day instill the same level of courage in them to defeat evil.

Source: Videogame / The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
On an episode of You Can't Do That on Television about age discrimination, the dressing room of a Shakespeare program catches fire at the studio, so the adults commandeer the costumes of the YCDTOT cast in exchange for their own charred, smoking period garb.

Source: Clothing Switch
There's also the distracted variant where Asuna and Setsuna get tricked into dressing themselves up in Panty Fighter garb right before their tournament match, and not noticing what they were putting on until it was too late.

Source: Instant Cosplay Surprise

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