getup
or get-up
[get-uhp]
Origin of getup
First recorded in 1825–35; noun use of verb phrase get up
get-up
[get-uhp]
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Related Words for getup
gown, frock, garb, costume, attire, duds, smock, accouterment, things, drape, habiliment, covering, shift, habit, outfit, guise, suit, apparel, robe, raimentExamples from the Web for getup
Contemporary Examples of getup
She was met with boos and shouts, as a man wearing a Revolutionary War getup yelled, “Let someone else speak!”
Historical Examples of getup
There was cheer in Naab's "Getup," now, and the horses quickened with it.
The Heritage of the DesertZane Grey
The matter of his speech was excellent, its form, occasionally, as extravagant as his getup.
Couldn't tell that so much from her getup as from the Frenchy hat and boulevard whiskers he's sportin'.
Shorty McCabe on the JobSewell Ford