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cross-dressing

British  

noun

  1. the wearing of clothes normally associated with the opposite sex

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She was also a master of disguise, her cross-dressing outfits so carefully designed that law enforcement officials, studying bank surveillance tapes, had no idea they were chasing a woman.

From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2025

But Erica Ford, as a cross-dressing game poacher and archer-in-disguise named Ralph, provides the kind of character and performance that delivers new blood and enlivens an old story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

Mullen reminds his bandmates of their 1990s penchant for cross-dressing.

From BBC ● May 22, 2025

But in “English Teacher,” it’s a student LGBTQ+ group that complains, arguing that the jocks are cross-dressing as a joke and undermining students who are actually trans or nonbinary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2024

Oh, yeah: Mr. Nossik was never afraid of cross-dressing.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

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