cross-dressing
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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
One of the most distinct elements of traditional Molly dancing is the use of cross-dressing, according to the English Folk Dance and Song Society.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2024
“Klinger probably destroyed my life,” she says of the cross-dressing “M.A.S.H.” character played for laughs by Jamie Farr.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2024
Oh, yeah: Mr. Nossik was never afraid of cross-dressing.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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