cross-dress,
- a variation of crossdress.
Example Sentences
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If you had the desire to cross-dress, nothing around you could help you to understand it at the time.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
Roberts transitioned at 57, publicly presented as a testosterone-driven “man’s man” earlier in life and used to cross-dress while traveling the country on business trips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
In order to get in, they cross-dress, as if this were “As You Like It,” or, more to the point, “Bosom Buddies.”
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 31, 2019
It would be like dismissing Shakespeare as a writer of slapstick because his characters regularly cross-dress so convincingly that they aren’t recognized by their own lovers or parents.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2013
It would be weirdly conspicuous if I didn’t cross-dress at least a little bit today.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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