guising
noun
(in Scotland and N England) the practice or custom of disguising oneself in fancy dress, often with a mask, and visiting people's houses, esp at Halloween
guiser
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a word derived from
guising.
Example Sentences
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And he could not dress up and be a guiser, could he, mother, for the guisers sang a song, and he did not know the words?
From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
